Think well before you speak because your words may plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of some other person.
Wise men think and speak alike.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.[Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.]
We have already got beyond what we can express in words. In all speaking there is an inkling of contempt.[Wofür wir Worte haben, darüber sind wir auch schon hinaus. In allem Reden liegt ein Gran Verachtung.]
We always speak well when we make ourselves understood.[Quand on se sait entendre, on parle toujours bien.]
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
Think before thou speakest.
There are many cases in which plain speaking would become ridiculous, and could hardly be tolerated.[Il est bien des endroits où la pleine franchise Deviendrait ridicule, et serait peu permise.]
Men can govern anything more easily than their tongues, and restrain anything more easily than their appetites.
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
I’ll speak to thee in silence.
All the speeches do not forward affairs; we must act and not talk, and facts prove more than words.[Tous les discours n’avancent point les choses. Il faut faire et non pas dire, et les effets décident mieux que les paroles.]
