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.

Silence is a friend who will never betray.

Silence is a friend who will never betray.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Speech is great; but silence is greater.

Speech is great; but silence is greater.

Silence gives consent.

Silence gives consent.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and read more

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and
majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth
to rule.