Thy voice is sweet, as if it took
Its music from thy face.
And word and mien, and step and look,
Are perfect in their grace.

My tongue, not my pen, is my instrument.

Thou knowest that my voice is sweet, That is if thou dost hear; And I am moulded in a form Somewhat below the mean.

All poetry is the reproduction of the tones of speech

The tongue has the power of life and death.”1

Let thy mind rule thy tongue!

Control of the tongue! Vital for the man who would try to tread the Noble Eightfold Path, for no harsh or unkind word, no hasty impatient phrase, may escape from the tongue which is consecrated to service, and which must not injure even an enemy; for that which wounds has no place in the Kingdom of Love.

The tone of voice influences the wisest of us and alters the force of a speech or a poem.

Mi voz me dice: “Así es todo”. Y el eco de mi voz me dice: “Así eres tú”.

My voice tells me: “That’s how it all is.” And the echo of my voice tells me: “That’s how you are.”

tone is very important. How you say things matters.

First thinke, and if thy thoughts approve thy will,
Then speake, and after what thou speakst fulfill.

I act as the tongue of you,
... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened.

He said, it's rather like your voice. You put up with your voice and speak with it because you haven't any choice. But it's what you say that counts. It's what distinguishes all great art from the other kind.