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 most powerful scream.

Silence is the most powerful scream.

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.

Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the read more

Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

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.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

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.

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.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.