The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own.

Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own.

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me,
in faith and love which is read more

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me,
in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience read more

The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience gleans,
The saddest are: "It might have beans."
(The did not make this up myself:
'Twas in a book upon my shelf.
It's witty, but I don't deny
It's rather Whittier than I.)

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

A word to the wise is infuriating.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Words, as a Tartar's bow, do not shoot back upon the
understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and read more

Words, as a Tartar's bow, do not shoot back upon the
understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert
the judgment.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.