Words, as a Tartar's bow, do not shoot back upon the
understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and read more

Words, as a Tartar's bow, do not shoot back upon the
understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert
the judgment.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.

A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.

A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

'Tis a word that's quickly spoken,
Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.

'Tis a word that's quickly spoken,
Which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.

Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.

Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.