If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
Some folks never handle the truth without scratching it.
Those who listen to lies lose the ability to hear the truth.
Public opinion is the pennant on a nation's mast which shows the politician and the editor how to trim the sails.
Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.
Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon.