It was not the man's brain that was speaking; it was his larynx.
If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
The less men think, the more they talk.
Some people have constipation of the brain but their mouth has the runs.
There are some who speak one moment before they think
He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.
I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.
One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says.
There's a Celtic saying, "Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose."
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots; they walk off proud; they can't hear you calling. Look out how you use proud words.
They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.
Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.
That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.
The unluckiest insolvent in the world is the man whose expenditure of speech is too great for his income of ideas.
