Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

Think a lot, say little, and write nothing.

To think twice is quite enough.

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.

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

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

The problem is that people think once and talk 10 times. It's better to think 10 times before you talk once.

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

Do not make too much haste on one's road.

Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.

Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

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

We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.

Think today and speak tomorrow

Above all gentlemen, not too much zeal.

Let your accusations be few in number, even if they be just.

Sometimes you can tell a wise person not only by what he says but also by what he doesn't say. Remember, it is much better to say little than to say too much and regret it later.

As you get older, you mellow, but there's a natural propensity to watch what you say, 'cause you learn that you want more time and space to craft what you want to say because you're less likely to want to say impetuous things, or things that aren't thought-out properly.

Better mistrust undeserved than rash words.

While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.

Many of us get many messages in our lives, or think we get them. As long as the message is regarding our own selves, go on doing what you please. But when it is in regard to our contact with and behavior to others, think a hundred times before you act upon it-and then you will be safe.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.