ue is one of the best traits in a man's character.

Man is saved from much evil if he guard his tongue.

The tongue is a lion which must be chained, and a sharp sword which
must be sheathed.

Nothing on earth is so deserving of a long imprisonment as the tongue.

Beware of saying anything of which you may be ashamed.

It is better to regret a thing which you did not say than a thing which
you did say.

A slip of the foot is safer than a slip of the tongue. A false step
may break a bone which can be set, but a slip of the tongue cannot be
undone.

A thrust of the tongue is sharper than the thrust of a lance.

A word may cause much trouble, destroy a home, or open a grave.

A great tree grows out of a small seed.

The difference between loquacity and silence is like the difference
between the noisy frog and the silent whale.

Wisdom is made up of ten parts--nine of which are silence, and the
tenth is brevity of language.

A man conceals his ignorance by his silence.

He who says what he should not say, will have to hear what he would not
like to hear.

He who talks much does little.

What is said at night the day blots out.

TRUTHFULNESS

_Koran_. O ye that believe, fear God and be truthful! Verily God
recompenseth the truthfulness of the truthful.

_Traditions_. Be ever truthful, for truthfulness leads to
righteousness, and righteousness leads to heaven.

Veracity brings peace to the heart.

No man's religion can be right until his heart become right, nor can
his heart become right until his tongue is right.

Keep to the truth though it may harm thee, and keep away from falsehood
though it may profit thee.

A man can be perfect only when he speaks the truth and acts according
to the truth.

_Proverbs_. Truth is the sword of God, which always cleaves when it
smites.

Truth is armed with horns.

By truth man is saved from evil.

If falsehood saves from trouble truth saves much more.

When thou speakest be truthful, and when thou actest be gentle.

An ignorant man who is true is better than a clever man who is false.

There are two kinds of truthfulness, and the greatest of them is that
which may do thee harm.

If truth and falsehood were pictured they would be represented by a
terrible lion and a cunning fox.

It is better to die a truthful man than to live the life of a liar.

TRUTHFULNESS TO PROMISES

_Koran_. Be true to a covenant, for a covenant holds a man
respons