Familiar Quote by William Shakespeare

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

— William Shakespeare

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

— William Shakespeare

“And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar…

— William Shakespeare

First Witch He knows thy thought: Hear his speech, but say thou nought.

— William Shakespeare

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue.…

— Thiruvalluvar

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

— Theognis of Megara

Avoid,Profaneness; come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further go.

— George Herbert

“What is the good of being ready with the tongue? They who encounter men with smartnesses of speech for the most part procure themselves…

— Confucius

“A Christian’s speech should bless, not berate or abuse. The tongue betrays the world that is in one’s heart; it is a microcosm of…

— Richard J. Foster

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

“He understood how to say the grandest things in the most vulgar of idioms. As he spoke all tongues, he entered into all hearts.”

— Victor Hugo

Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong, Who dare…

— William Cowper