True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
Ben's tongue is like sunscreen. . . It's good for your health and should be applied liberally.
My love's more richer than my tongue.
The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.
When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate.
Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.
What good is a smooth tongue without sharp teeth?
I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.
What are you doing?" she asked, trying to raise herself. "First, I thought I'd show you what a pity it would be if they cut off my wicked tongue.
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
For heaven's sake, all you fool speak not in the name of God, for He has his own tongue to speak!
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out! Follow me, my reader, and me alone, and I will show you such a love!
Love, is it? First you lose your appetite, then you lose your tongue, then you take leave of your senses, and that's love!
Your name hangs in my heart like a bell's tongue.
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.
Faire language grates not the tongue.