“You are speaking before a man to whom all Naples is known.”

“I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.”

“The caucus is a sort of representative meeting which sits voting and voting till they have cut out all the known men against whom much is to be said, and agreed on some unknown man against whom there is nothing known, and therefore nothing to be alleged.”

“Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?”

“If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.”

“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. ”

“Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think is creation's.”

“I'm known for speaking my mind, a trait I probably inherited from my parents, Louis and Mary Leakey—neither of whom was renowned for tact.”

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”

“How do you speak that all men may hear you in their own tongues? It is an art known and practiced by teachers of old.”