Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience read more

The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience gleans,
The saddest are: "It might have beans."
(The did not make this up myself:
'Twas in a book upon my shelf.
It's witty, but I don't deny
It's rather Whittier than I.)

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God; read more

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to
utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon
earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own.

Stealing someone else's words frequently spares the embarrassment of eating your own.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with read more

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.

The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger
than all fighting.

The tongue of a man is his sword and effective speech is stronger
than all fighting.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in
his heart: his words were softer read more

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in
his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn
swords.