Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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.

The more you know the less you need to say.

The more you know the less you need to say.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep,
But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.

All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep,
But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.

A horrid stillness first invades the ear,
And in that silence we the tempest fear.

A horrid stillness first invades the ear,
And in that silence we the tempest fear.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.