James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Judge Hale

Inconsiderate persons do not think till they speak; or they speak, and then think.

It is a sign that your reputation is small or sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

It is great prudence to gain as many friends as we honestly can, especially when it may be done at so easy a rate as a good word.

Much of the good or evil that befalls persons arises from the well or ill managing of their conversation.

Never make a jest of any Scripture expressions.

Speak well of the absent whenever you have a suitable opportunity.

The more business a man has to do, the more he is able to accomplish; for he learns to economise his time.

You must not equivocate, nor speak anything positively for which you have no authority but report, or conjecture, or opinion.