Mark Twain Quotes

Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.

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

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

Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.

When in doubt, shut up.

She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves.

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.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

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

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

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

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

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.

I really do try to watch everything I say. Because one little tiny slip, and it's like the world is coming to an end!

People should say 'no comment' more often. No comment! I love no comment. Let's have more no comment.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

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