Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Conversation

A man’s conversation is the mirror of his thoughts.Chinese.

Be not too brief in conversation lest you be not understood, nor too diffuse lest you be troublesome.Protagoras.

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.Gibbon.

Conversation teaches more than meditation.

He who converses with nobody is either a brute or an angel.

He who converses with nobody knows nothing.

In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.Cato.

In conversation dwell not too long on a weak side.