Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.

I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a
thousand pounds.

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.

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.

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.]

His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."

His speech was a fine sample, on the whole,
Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call "rigmarole."

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be read more

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.