If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
Some folks never handle the truth without scratching it.
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
Treat kindly every miserable truth that knocks begging at your door, otherwise you will some day fail to recognize Truth Himself when He comes in rags.
Well begun is not only half done, but often fully cooked.
All things come to him who waits - even justice.