Quotes Tagged With :reticence

The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm....

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better,....

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

Oh, tell me, who first declared, who first proclaimed that man only does nasty things because he does....

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare....

There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for....