The words of the elderly are as sweet as honey, but if you do not listen they become as sour as bile.Proverbs and old sayings about word, contentment
You take a bull by the horns and a man by his words.Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about word, man, contentment
With tender words you have less luck with a woman than with jewels.Proverbs and old sayings Berber about bad luck, good luck, word, woman, contentment
Ill words are bellows to a slackening fire.Proverbs and old sayings British about word, fire, fire brigade