Talking.—Though we have two eyes, we are supplied with but one tongue. Draw your own moral.—Alphonse Karr.
No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.—Ouida.
If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.—Plutarch.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoken can never be recalled.
—Roscommon.
Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds as thy affections, and such thy life as thy deeds.—Socrates.
But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.
—Dryden.
He who indulges in liberty of speech, will hear things in return which he will not like.—Terence.
The tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and the greatest evil that is done in the world.—Sir Walter Raleigh.
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.—Lavater.
A wise man reflects before he speaks; a fool speaks, and then reflects on what he has uttered.—From the French.