Saint Ambrose Quotes

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is more. Off the court, sometimes it's just better to shut up and be quiet.

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

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

It illustrates vividly my incapacity of knowing when to be silent and when to speak.

Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.

Though we have two eyes, we are supplied with but one tongue. Draw your own moral.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual now-a-days to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot

The more you know the less you need to say.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

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

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

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