Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

A babe in the house is a well spring of pleasure a messenger of peace and love a resting place for innocence on earth a link between angels and men.

As frost to the bud and blight to the blossom even such is self interest to friendship for confidence cannot dwell where selfishness is porter at the gate.

Blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth but that which hatred swelleth is keen to carve out evil.

Hatred is the atmosphere of hell.

Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.

The mines of knowledge are oft laid bare through the forked hazel wand of chance.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than

Anger is a noble infirmity, the generous failing of the just, the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.

Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread;

A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world.

A babe in the house is a wellspring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.

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.

As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence.

Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Stunning vistas don't always produce eloquence.

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'.