A Blockhead is as ridiculous when he talketh, as a Goose is when it flieth.
The grating a Gridiron is not a worse Noise, than the jingling of Words is to a Man of Sense.
It is Ill-manners to silence a Fool, and Cruelty to let him go on.
Most Men make little other use of their Speech than to give evidence against their own Understanding.
A great Talker may be a Man of Sense, but he cannot be one, who will venture to rely upon him.
There is so much Danger in Talking, that a Man strictly wise can hardly be called a sociable Creature.
The great Expence of Words is laid out in setting ourselves out, or deceiving others; to convince them requireth but a few.
Many Words are always either suspicious or ridiculous.
A Fool hath no Dialogue within himself, the first Thought carrieth him without the Reply of a second.
A Fool will admire or like nothing that he understands, a Man of Sense nothing but what he understands.