Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
In this region declarations, speeches, words are worthless.
The “region” of course is the Middle East.
To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.
Fair words enough a man shall find, They be good cheap: they cost right nought, Their substance is but only wind.
nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a wretched commonplace when I am talking from my inmost heart.
It's barrister behaviour to say what you think will appeal to the person you're talking to, whoever it happens to be, whether it's true or not.
One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says.
Soft words, with nothing in them, make a song.
A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.
Hide not thy poison with such sugar'd words
