Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

Mark Twain

Do not wake sleeping dogs.

Dutch proverb

Fair and softly goes far.

Miguel de Cervantes

The pen is mightier than the sword.

English Proverb

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

Rumi