Silence

• Loose lips sink ships. — Anonymous [World War II poster]
• The silent dog is the first to bite. — German Proverb
• Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. — Peter Benchley
• Try as we may to make silence, we cannot. — John Cage
• Speech is of time, silence is of eternity. — Thomas Carlyle
• Only silence is great; all else is weakness. — Alfred de Vigny
• Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. — John Selden
• Silence gives consent. — Oliver Goldsmith
• God is the friend of silence. — Mother Teresa