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.

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, read more

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of
downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and read more

Doubtless there are men of great parts that are guilty of
downright bashfulness, that by a strange hesitation and
reluctance to speak murder the finest and most elegant thoughts
and render the most lively conceptions flat and heavy.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for read more

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

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

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

Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.

Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

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.