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.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.

Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

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

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

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.]

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.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read more

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.