Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.
He who knows the truth and does not speak it is a miserable coward.
Do not speak - unless it improves on silence.
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.
Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.