The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. William Hazlitt
Silence is the unbearable repartee. G K Chesterton
The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. Josh Billings
I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm. Calvin Coolidge
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer. Muhammad Ali
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism. Charles Buxton
A man’s silence is wonderful to listen to. Thomas Hardy
Silence is a source of great strength. Lao Tzu
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. Baruch Spinoza
True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. William Penn
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. George Eliot
Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honour of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but the virtue of taciturnity. Thomas Browne