A dearth of words a woman need not fear; But 'tis a task indeed to learn to hear: In that the skill of conversation lies; That shows and makes you both polite and wise.

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

Conversation is a game of circles.

Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

Form'd by thy converse, happily steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.

His conversation does not show the minute hand; but he strikes the hour very correctly.

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own ...