Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Speak

He speaks of things more ancient than chaos.

He speaks one word nonsense and two that have nothing in them.

He that speaks lavishly shall hear as knavishly.

He that speaks me fair and loves me not,
I’ll speak him fair and trust him not.

He that speaks not, God hears not.Spanish.

He that speaks of things that do not concern him, shall hear of things that will not please him.Arabian.

He that speaks sows, he that hears reaps.

He that speaks the things he shouldna, hears the things he wa’dna.

He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup.Turkish.

He who speaks ill of himself is praised by no one.Danish.

That is well spoken which is well taken.

Where two speak the third is a bone in the throat.German.