Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's read more

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

In quiet places, reason abounds.

In quiet places, reason abounds.

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.