The tell-tale out of school is of all wits the greatest fool. Swift.
The temper of the pedagogue suits not with the age; and the world, however it may be taught, will not be tutored. Shaftesbury.
The temperate man's pleasures are durable, because they are regular; and all his life is calm and serene, because it is innocent. (?)
The tempest never rooteth up the grass, which is feeble, humble, and shooteth not up on high; but exerteth its power even to distress the lofty trees; for the great use not their might but upon the great. Hitopadesa.
The temple of our purest thoughts is—silence! 5 Mrs. Hale.
The tendency of laws should be rather to diminish the amount of evil than to produce an amount of happiness. Goethe.
The tendency of party-spirit has ever been to disguise and propagate and support error. Whately.
The tender flower that lifts its head, elate, / Helpless must fall before the blasts of fate, / Sunk on the earth, defaced its lovely form, / Unless your shelter ward th' impending storm. Burns.
The tender heart o' leesome luve / The gowd and siller canna buy. Burns.
The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 10 Bible.