Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
I hate the uncultivated crowd and keep them at a distance. Favour me by your tongues (keep silence). [Lat., Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Favete linguis.]
If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.
There is likewise a reward for faithful silence. [Lat., Est et fideli tuta silentio merces.]
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