When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, read more

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.

For brevity is very good,
Where we are, or are not understood.

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.]

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and read more

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean
lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.