SILENCE.

Out of this silence, yet I picked a welcome;

And in the modesty of fearful duty

I read as much, as from the rattling tongue

Of saucy and audacious eloquence.

Midsummer Night's Dream -- V. 1.

The silence often of pure innocence

Persuades, when speaking fails.

Winter's Tale -- II. 2.

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: