"Silence is the true friend that never..." - Quote by Confucius

“Only one who bursts with enthusiasm do I instruct; Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and you do not come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.”

“He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.”

“Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated.”

“It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea.”

“Only the dead can be forgiven; But when I think of that my tongue's a stone.”

“Place a padlock on your throat and hide the key.”

“Smearing good people like Lauchlin Currie [former administrative assistant to President Roosevelt], Alger Hiss and others is, I think, unforgiveable... Anyone knowing Mr. Currie or Mr. Hiss, who are the two people whom I happen to know fairly well, would not need any denial on their part to know they are not Communists. Their records prove it.”

“The private wound is deepest. O time most accurst, 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst!”

“I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.”