Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.

Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are.

Speak when you are spoken to.

Speak little and to the purpose.

Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.

Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.