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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.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let read more
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and read more
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and
majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth
to rule.
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
Silence is the most powerful scream.
Silence is the most powerful scream.
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.