Cradle of the rude imperious surge.—Shakespeare.
Silence.—The main reason why silence is so efficacious an element of repute is, first, because of that magnification which proverbially belongs to the unknown; and, secondly, because silence provokes no man's envy, and wounds no man's self-love.—Bulwer-Lytton.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.—Shakespeare.
True gladness doth not always speak; joy bred and born but in the tongue is weak.—Ben Jonson.
I hear other men's imperfections, and conceal my own.—Zeno.
Silence in times of suffering is the best.—Dryden.
Silence! coeval with eternity.—Pope.
Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.—Balthasar Gracian.
The unspoken word never does harm.—Kossuth.
Silence is the understanding of fools and one of the virtues of the wise.—Bonnard.