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

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

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.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

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.