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Since word is thrall, and thought is free,
Keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee.
Since word is thrall, and thought is free,
Keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee.
Marry, you are the wiser man; for many a man's tongue shakes out
his master's undoing.
Marry, you are the wiser man; for many a man's tongue shakes out
his master's undoing.
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which
I have made touching the king: read more
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which
I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready
writer.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
All swol'n with chafing, down Adonis sits,
Banning his boist'rous and unruly beast;
And now the happy read more
All swol'n with chafing, down Adonis sits,
Banning his boist'rous and unruly beast;
And now the happy season once more fits
That lovesick Love by pleading may be blest;
For lovers say the heart hath treble wrong
When it is barred the aidance of the tongue.
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
[Better the feet slip than the tongue.]
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
[Better the feet slip than the tongue.]
Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup,
That runs for ages without winding up?
Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup,
That runs for ages without winding up?
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
Tongues I'll hang on every tree
That shall civil sayings show. . . .
Tongues I'll hang on every tree
That shall civil sayings show. . . .