“Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.”
“The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.”
“Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.”
“The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.”
“Passions are the only orators to always convinces us.”
“Most of the time in married life is taken up by talk.”
“It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.”
“Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.”
“He rose without a friend and sat down without an enemy.”
“When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.”
“The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.”
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
“We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.”
“Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.”
“What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length.”
“Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk to much.”
“Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.”
“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.”
“Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.”
“Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.”
“To climb a tree to catch a fish is talking much and doing nothing.”
“I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.”
“He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.”
“Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought.”
“Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.”
“Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.”
“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.”
“I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words.”
“The secret of successful speakers? Passion and compassion with a purpose.”
“A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lessor speakers fail to.”