The best letters of our time are precisely those that can never be published.

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.

It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt

When in doubt, say nothing and move on.

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'.

Listen if you want to be heard

My hearing after 50 years of playing music sometimes isn't too great.

if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter.

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

I know grammar by ear only, not by note, not by the rules.

What do you wish to draw my attention to? To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The dog did nothing in the night-time. That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes.

it was not a silence of resentment; it was the silence of an understanding too delicate to limit by words.