Josh Billings Quotes

Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

To many mortals silence great gain brings.

Everything must not always be said, for that would be folly.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Mum's the word.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

It is well for one to know more than he says.