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Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.

Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

It’s not a slam at you when people are rude, it’s a slam at the people they’ve met before.

That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.