~ It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. ~
~ A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech ~
~ Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and what he says, and of the three, the latter matters the least ~
~ Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information ~
~ Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech. ~
~ What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks ~
~ Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. ~
~ Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. ~
~ All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. ~
~ Silence is golden; speech is silver ~
~ Literature is the immortality of speech ~
~ The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself. ~