speech Quotes

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

The less men think, the more they talk.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.