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.

It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other read more

It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

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.

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.

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

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.