Pierre Savant La Place born 1749.
Schuyler Colfax born 1823.
Richard A. Proctor born 1837.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic,
into the daylight of life.... Nay, in thy own mean perplexities, do
thou thyself but hold thy tongue for one day; on the morrow how much
clearer are thy purposes and duties!
--Thomas Carlyle.
Deliberate much before you say and do anything; for it will not be
in your power to recall what is said or done.
--Epictetus.
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;
Keep the door of my lips.
--Psalm 141. 3.
My Lord, make me a lover of the truth. Make me careful of my thoughts,
and the words I would speak, that I may not think selfishly and speak
cruelly, but keep myself holy unto thee. Amen.