Good words cool more than cold water.
My goal isn't to wake up in the morning and hurt people's feelings.
When we don't like to face up to hard facts, we use soft words. We do not speak about killing a baby within the womb, but about "termination of potential life." Words are often multiplied to try to cover dark deeds.
Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.
Where's the man could ease a heart Like a satin gown?
It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.
Good words are better than bad strokes.
There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.
If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.
There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the thought unparalleled. Of all conceits it is surely the most classical. "I count only the hours that are serene.".
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Speak comfortable words.
In the mouths of many men soft words are like roses that soldiers put into the muzzles of their muskets on holidays.
