If speech is worth one sela (a small coin so called), silence is worth two.
Ibid., fol. 18, col. 1.
The Swiss motto, "Speech is worth silver, silence worth gold," expresses a sentiment which finds great favor with the authors and varied expression in the pages of the Talmud.
If silence be good for wise men, how much better must it be for fools!
P'sachim, fol. 98, col. 2.
For every evil silence is the best remedy.
Meggillah, fol. 18, col. 1.
Silence is as good as confession.
Yevamoth, fol. 87, col. 1.