Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.

Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]

Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks,
silent as the shadows.

And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks,
silent as the shadows.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and
brain.

There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and
brain.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]