《明史·列传·卷二十六》
太祖以老朋友对待他，曾说： 唐铎从朋友到臣子至今已有三十余年了，他与人交往，不会翻脸，也绝对不会恶言伤人。 
帝以故旧遇之，尝曰： 铎自友及臣至今三十余年，其与人交不至变色，绝亦不出恶声。 
Taizu treated him like an old friend, and once said: Tang Duo has been from a friend to a subject for more than thirty years, and he never turns his face or speaks ill of others.