The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing, but the mouth of a fool belches out foolishness.
Your tongue is your horse—you must exercise control over it if you want it to obey you.
Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.