“A gentle response defuses anger but a sharp tongue kindles a temper fire.”
“Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is fire.”
“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”
“A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.”
“If a violent person wishes to attack us, let us send him a gentle phrase as this will defuse his violence.”
“He's a contradiction: taut magic coiled to strike, gentleness at war with severity, a tongue as sharp as a whip's edge, yet skin so soft he could be swathed in clouds.”