Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have read more

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.

I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.

For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.

For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.

He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves read more

He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out
like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.