| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Speak |
| | | He speaks of things more ancient than chaos. | 1 |
| He speaks one word nonsense and two that have nothing in them. | 2 |
| He that speaks lavishly shall hear as knavishly. | 3 |
He that speaks me fair and loves me not,
I’ll speak him fair and trust him not. | 4 |
| He that speaks not, God hears not. Spanish. | 5 |
| He that speaks of things that do not concern him, shall hear of things that will not please him. Arabian. | 6 |
| He that speaks sows, he that hears reaps. | 7 |
| He that speaks the things he shouldna, hears the things he wa’dna. | 8 |
| He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup. Turkish. | 9 |
| He who speaks ill of himself is praised by no one. Danish. | 10 |
| That is well spoken which is well taken. | 11 |
| Where two speak the third is a bone in the throat. German. | 12 | | |
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