J. P. Morgan Quotes

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

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

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.

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

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

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

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

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

I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.

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

I keep lot of my opinions to myself.

I know things but I shut my mouth.

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

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.

A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.

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

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.

Hear, see, and be silent.

Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.