| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Judge Hale |
| | | Inconsiderate persons do not think till they speak; or they speak, and then think. | 1 |
| It is a sign that your reputation is small or sinking if your own tongue must praise you. | 2 |
| 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. | 3 |
| Much of the good or evil that befalls persons arises from the well or ill managing of their conversation. | 4 |
| Never make a jest of any Scripture expressions. | 5 |
| Speak well of the absent whenever you have a suitable opportunity. | 6 |
| The more business a man has to do, the more he is able to accomplish; for he learns to economise his time. | 7 |
| You must not equivocate, nor speak anything positively for which you have no authority but report, or conjecture, or opinion. | 8 | | |
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