Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.

Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

He just stared at her. "That was stupid." "Well, thank you. Thank you very much. I sort of thought it was heroic.

I give people a space to simply sit in silence and communicate with me deeply but non-verbally.

Keep your eyes and ears wide open—and your mouth closed, if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision. Those who talk too much do little else. If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself of many opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but you also disclose your plans and purposes to people who will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy you.

Biasanya orang yang tahu sedikit akan berusaha menimbilkan kesan mereka tahu banyak hal. Orang seperti ini biasanya terlalu banyak bicara dan kurang mendengar.

Those who talk too much do little else. If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself of many opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but you also disclose your plans and purposes to people who will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy you.

Nowadays silence is looked on as odd and most of my race has forgotten the beauty of meaning much by saying little. Now tongues work all by themselves with no help from the mind.

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

To persevere in one's duty and be silent, is the best answer to calumny.