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.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Three things are ever silent--Thought, Destiny, and the Grave.

Three things are ever silent--Thought, Destiny, and the Grave.

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.

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.

An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space read more

An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Silence is a source of great strength.