I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered but a general effect of pleasing impression.
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A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech.
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I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.
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Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.
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We do not talk -- we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.
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One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid.
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The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to be lost. A man who seeing his mother starving to death on a path kicks her in the stomach to clear the way, will cheerfully devote several hours of his time giving wrong directions to a total stranger who claims to be lost.
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There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.
