Rash, angry words, and spoken out of season,
When passion has usurped the throne of reason,
Have ruined many. Passion is unjust,
And for an idle transitory gust
Of gratified revenge dooms us to pay,
With long repentance at a later day.
_Theognis, a Greek._
--_Translated by Frere._
2072
An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions: he is
neither hot nor timid.
--_Chesterfield._
2073
Words are but wind, but writing may rise up in judgment.
2074
Stay longer--are two charming words in a friend's vocabulary.
2075
Fair words gladden many a heart.
--_Longfellow._
2076
To a good listener few words will do.
2077
Hard words break no bones, but they sometimes break hearts.
2078
He that would be well spoken of,
Must not speak ill of others.
2079
Kind words are the music of the world.
--_F. W. Faber._
2080
Kind words are a bright oasis in life's great desert.
--_The Coming Age._
2082
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below,
Words, without thoughts, never to Heaven go.
--_Shakespeare._
2083
Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
--_Dryden._
2084
If word of mine
Have harmed thee, rashly spoken, let the winds
Bear all remembrance of it swift away.
2085
There are words which cut like steel.
--_Balzac._
2086
If you think twice before you speak once, you will speak twice the
better for it.
2087
Thy words have darted hope into my soul,
And comfort dawns upon me.
--_Southern._
2088
A word and a stone let go, cannot be recalled.
2089
Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without perfume, are the
fine, but fruitless words, of him who does not act accordingly.
--_Buddha._
2090
It would perhaps be well for many of us to have in sight the following
little sentiment when writing letters:--
Words spoken are light as air;
Words written are always there.
2091