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Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye
may know how ye ought to answer read more
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye
may know how ye ought to answer every man.
The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses.
[Fr., Le coeur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime.]
The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses.
[Fr., Le coeur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime.]
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
The most precious things in speech are the pauses.
That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
[Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade read more
That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious.
[Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.]
