In plain words
Surely that tongue will then set out among good words. ‘What I wanted is not being given; well then, let us eat something or other’: so, of itself, it softens and enters the good path. In the same way, whatever words we speak, whatever other utterance we make, to ask ourselves whether they are pure or not, and, without running into an excess of words, to strive to spend our time in the world with measured words, with pure words: this is most important for the young. There is still some more left, the dangers that come from this tongue and the way to restrain this tongue; that I shall tell you tomorrow. With this I bring today's talk to a close.