"Abandoning false speech, the ascetic Gotama dwells refraining from false speech, a truth-speaker, one to be relied on…"

"Is the scrupulous attention I am paying to the government of my tongue at all proportioned to that tremendous truth r…"

"It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of m…"

"The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died."

"Never incline your ear to words of mischief. For men often say an improper word to make trial of a virgin's steadfast…"

"Idle persons and busybodies, whether virgins or widows; such as go from house to house calling on married women and d…"

"Speak against nobody, and do not slander your mother's son. Who are you that judgest the servant of another? To his o…"

"Evil speech kills three people—the one who says it, the one who accepts it, and the one about whom it is said."

"It is forbidden to dwell in the vicinity of any of those with an evil tongue, and all the more to sit with them and l…"

"Remember that the first step in spirituality is not to speak ill of others. All human beings have weaknesses and faul…"