Silence is the virtue of fools.
Silent - Silence Quotes
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Silence is the mother of truth.
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden, – “Speech is silver, Silence is golden;” or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
No, I do not think you ought to do so, because it is much better that the House should wonder why you do not speak than why you do. (when he was once asked by a new member whether he advised him to take part often in debate)
He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
