William Winter Quotes

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

I will begin to speak when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.

He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue.

We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

Let thy words be few when in the midst of many.

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

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

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

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.

We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent.