It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove read more

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.

If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less read more

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

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.

What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.