It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than >>
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, d >>
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason uncloud >>
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. >>
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. >>
You are a slave to what you do say, a master of what you don't say. >>
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.