In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
[Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade read more

That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
[Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.]

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Silence is a friend who will never betray.

Silence is a friend who will never betray.

Speech is great; but silence is greater.

Speech is great; but silence is greater.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.