Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness.