a man is more of a man because of what he does not say than what he does say.

The more a man knows, the less he talks.

Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has others which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But finally there are still others which a man is even afraid to tell himself, and every decent man has a considerable number of such things stored away. That is, one can even say that the more decent he is, the greater the number of such things in his mind.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

He clings to his solitude, to his affected indifference and his grown-up ways, but it's just an act, so as never, never to show his real feelings.

You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says.

The most important thing a man has to tell you is what he’s not telling you,” he said. “The most important thing he has to say is what he’s trying not to say.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

that archetype is a closed man. Your inner self is forever secretive and unknown — stoic, silent, not revealing of your feelings.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

There's many a man who never tells his adventures, for he can't hope to be believed.

I’d rather be quiet and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

It’s not what a person says but what he does that reveals his true character.

If a man never contradicts himself, the reason must be that he virtually never says anything at all.