
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
Pt. III, line 763.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
“Be silent and safe—silence never betrays you.”
Rules of the Road.
“Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.”
"On Vulgarity and Affectation" http://books.google.com/books?id=gykJAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Violent+antipathies+are+always+suspicious+and+betray+a+secret+affinity%22&pg=PA377#v=onepage
Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/TableHazIV.htm (1821-1822)
1982
"The Blank Page"
Last Tales (1957)
Context: Why, you are to become a story teller, and I shall give you the reasons! Hear then: Where the storyteller is loyal, eternally and unswervingly loyal to the story, there, in the end, silence will speak. Where the story has been betrayed, silence is but emptiness. But we, the faithful, when we have spoken our last word, will hear the voice of silence. Whether a small snotty lass understands it or not.
Source: The Memory Keeper's Daughter