Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Speak that I may see thee. Addison.

Speak the truth, and all nature and all spirits 50 help you with unexpected furtherance; all things alive or brute are vouchers, and the very roots of the grass underground there do seem to stir and move to bear you witness. Emerson.

Speak the truth and shame the devil. Pr.

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. Bible.

Speak well of the absent whenever you have a suitable opportunity. Judge Hale.

Speak well of your friend; of your enemy say nothing. Pr.

Speak when you are spoken to, and come 55 when you are called for. Pr.

Speak your sincerest, think your wisest; there is still a great gulf between you and the fact. Carlyle.

Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding. Ger. Pr.

Speaking much is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deed. Sir W. Raleigh.