"Only G-d can give us credit for the angry words we did not speak. " ~~ Rabbi Harold Kushner
"Keep silent or speak wisely! " ~~ Ben Shlomo Immanuel
"Let your ears hear what your lips speak! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"Guard your tongue as you treasure your wealth." ~~ Ibn Gabirol
"The man who slanders hurts three people: the man slandered, the man to whom the slander is uttered—and himself." ~~ Talmud, Arakin 15b
"Which man desires life, which loves days of seeing good? Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 34:13-14
"The world goes on because of those who close their lips when they meet hostility from others." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"Slander is worse than idolatry. " ~~ Shocher Tov
"A fool’s mouth is his ruin and his lips are a snare to himself. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 18:7
"A fool is his own informer." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"The gossiper has no remedy but to ask for pardon from every one of whom he gossiped, and appease him. " ~~ Harokeach HaKatan
"Looks explain words." ~~ [adapted from] Moses Ibn Ezra
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