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: