"Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace...On much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety." - Akhenaton

"Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time." - Thomas Carlyle

"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact." - George Eliot

"Silence is not only golden; it is seldom misquoted." - Bob Monkhouse, Just Say a Few Words

"Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn." - George Bernard Shaw

"Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own." - Zeno

"The sunlight does not leave its marks on the grass. So we, too, pass silently." - George, Chief Dan

"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable." - Gentry, Dave Tyson

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." - Lincoln, Abraham

"Never assume that habitual silence means ability in reserve." - Madan, Geoffrey