Tell 'em to God. Don' go burdenin' other people with your sins. That ain't decent.

Stop listening so much to the words and opinions of others, telling you who you are and what you should like and dislike.

Don't listen to her listen through her.

Do not repeat slander; you should not hear it, for it is the result of hot temper.

let us not join in conversation with such as may be the cause to us of unholy fires.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth.

The other sins on his list were, in order: seeming uninterested, speaking too much about your own life, prying for personal secrets (“an unpardonable rudeness”), telling long and pointless stories (“old folks are most subject to this error, which is one chief reason their company is so often shunned”), contradicting or disputing someone directly, ridiculing or railing against things except in small witty doses (“it’s like salt, a little of which in some cases gives relish, but if thrown on by handfuls spoils all”), and spreading scandal (though he would later write lighthearted defenses of gossip).

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . .

“Don’t deflect your evils by pointing out the faults of others,” Shallan said.

What is proper to hear, no one, human or divine, will hear before you.

Don't talk to people you don't want to talk to, and don't talk about stuff you don't want to talk about.

Do not share your thoughts with people who think that what you are thinking is not worth thinking.

You should not dare to speak of God to the multitude.