These be three silent things: The Falling snow... the hour before the dawn... the mouth of one just dead.

These be three silent things: The Falling snow... the hour before the dawn... the mouth of one just dead.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.

Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

He sees only night, and hears only silence.
[Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.]

He sees only night, and hears only silence.
[Fr., Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.]

It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.

It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.