128. Avoid company where it is not profitable or necessary; and in those occasions speak little, and last.
129. Silence is wisdom, where speaking is folly; and always safe.
130. Some are so foolish as to interrupt and anticipate those that speak, instead of hearing and thinking before they answer; which is uncivil as well as silly.
131. If you think twice, before you speak once, you will speak twice the better for it.
132 In all debates, let truth be your aim, not victory, or an unjust interest. Endeavor to win over to your side, rather than to expose your antagonist.
-William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude In Reflections And Maxims 1682
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