Who said "The tongue is the most dangerous weapon."?

This quote is attributed to Herman Melville.

The tongue is the most dangerous weapon. - Herman Melville

"The tongue is the most dangerous weapon."

Herman Melville Power

Novelist American 1819–1891

"It is the privilege of the reader to slow down the author who goes too fast."

"Some certain significance lurks in all things, else all things are little worth."

"To know how to say what others only think is to be a poet."

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."