Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.

Then, everlasting Love , restrain thy will; 'Tis god -like to have power, but not to kill.

— John Fletcher

Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell…

— Anonymous

Thy tongue Makes Welsh as sweet as ditties highly penn'd, Sung by a fair queen in a summer's bower, With ravishing division, to her…

— William Shakespeare

Since word is thrall, and thought is free, Keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee.

— James I of Scotland

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

— Maimonides

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.

— Pindar

“Move thy tongue, For silence is a sign of discontent.”

— Elizabeth Cary

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.

— Pindar

Keep well thy tongue & keep thy friend

— Russyb

Let not the tongue give utterance to the evil that is in thine heart, but command thy tongue to be silent until good shall…

— Brigham Young

Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.

— William Shakespeare

“In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes, For they in thee a thousand errors note; But 'tis my heart that loves…

— William Shakespeare

O call not me to justify the wrong, That thy unkindness lays upon my heart, Wound me not with thine eye but with thy…

— William Shakespeare

If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

— Francis Quarles

“often dost thou utter that with thy tongue which thou wouldst not make good with thy deeds.”

— Anonymous