The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

- Dorothy Nevill

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

- Kahlil Gibran

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

- Pearl S. Buck

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

- Margaret Chase Smith

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.

- P. G. Wodehouse

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

- Abraham Lincoln

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

- Eleanor Chaffee