A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in the setting of silver.
一句话说得合宜就如金苹果放在银盘里。
——Old Testament
——《旧约全书》
How forcible are right words!
正直的言语力量何其大!
——Old Testament
——《旧约全书》
Pleased words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
良言如同蜂房，使人心胸觉得甘甜，使骨得医治。
——Old Testament
——《旧约全书》
By your words will ye by justified, and by your words will ye be condemned.
要凭你的话定你为义，也要凭你的话定你有罪。
——New Testament
——《新约全书》
Deliver your words not by number but by weight.
说话重在分量不在多少。
——Behn
——伯恩
A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds.
一个只讲不做的人，
犹如长满杂草的花园。
——Proverb
——谚语
Bare words make no good bargain.
空话讲不成生意。
——Proverb
——谚语
A kind word leads the cow into the stable.
一句温和的话可以把牛带进牛房。
——Proverb
——谚语
When the word is out, it belongs to another.
一言既出，驷马难追。
——Chinese Proverb
——中国谚语
Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words.
行动是诽谤的最好答复。
——John Milton
——约翰·弥尔顿
Words have weight, sound and appearance；it is only considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at, and good to listen to.
字有分量、声音和外形，只有考虑到这些你才能写出好看好听的句子。
——Somest Maugham
——萨默士特·毛姆
Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
言辞如果选择得当，它可以产生巨大的力量，使得一则描写较之实物本身还可以给人以更生动的概念。
——Addison
——艾狄生
How long a time lies in one little word!
For lagging winter and four waston springs
End in a word: such is the breath of kings.
一句短短的言语里，藏着一段多么悠长的时间!
四个沉滞的冬天，四个轻狂的春天，
都在一言之间化为乌有：这就是君王的纶音。
——Shakespeare
——莎士比亚
Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
不要习惯于使用宏大的言词以表达微不足道的事情。
——Samuel Johnson
——塞缪尔·约翰逊
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
话比剑更能给人以沉重打击。
——Robert Burton
——罗伯特·伯顿
You who possessed the talent of speaking much without saying anything.
你具有说得多却说不上点子的本领。
——Voltaire
——伏尔泰
Well done is better than well said.
会做比会讲强。
——Benjamin Franklin
——本杰明·富兰克林
The more words the more foolishness.
愈讲愈糊涂。
——Unknown
——佚名
