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Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, and hast not yet the use of tongue, make it thy slave, while thou read more
Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young, and hast not yet the use of tongue, make it thy slave, while thou art free; Imprison it, lest it do thee.
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.
That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.