When they hold their tongues they cry out.
[Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]

When they hold their tongues they cry out.
[Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]

Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.

Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.

If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.

If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Silence is argument carried on by other means.

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the
wise.
[Fr., Le silence est read more

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the
wise.
[Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des sots, et l'une des vertus du
sage.]

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny read more

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when
it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we
give no just occasion for them.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Silence is a source of great strength.

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to read more

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.