A man who takes more words than is necessary to tell more than he knows.

He who thinks little errs much…

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

The wise man through an excess of wisdom is made a fool.

But, as our friend Samuel Butler says, he that is stupid in little will also be stupid in much.

But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.

But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.

had gotten in trouble from talking too much.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

It is as great an error to speak well of a worthless man as to speak ill of a good man.

The captain has said too much or he has said too little, and I'm bound to say that I require an explanation of his words.

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way