A man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself - like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
We have for too long been taught that the sight of a man speaking to himself is a sign of eccentricity or madness; we are no longer at all habituated to our own voices, except in conversation or from within the safety of a shouting crowd.
It's difficult to describe the weirdness of speaking to a man who appears to be perfectly in control of his faculties, who can deliver off-the-cuff repartee, and yet who is actually utterly disconnected from who he is.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?
Speech happens to not be his language.