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| A great talker never wants for enemies. Chinese. | 1 |
| A man of sense talks little and listens much. Chinese. | 2 |
| Always talk big and you will not be forgotten. French. | 3 |
| Beware of a man that does not talk and a dog that does not bark. Portuguese. | 4 |
| Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. Spanish. | 5 |
| Do not talk Latin before the sacristans. French. | 6 |
| Fore-talk spares after-talk. German. | 7 |
| Great talkers are commonly liars. | 8 |
| Great talkers are like leaky pitchers: everything runs out of them. | 9 |
| Great talkers are not great doers. French, Dutch. | 10 |
Have a care of whom you talk,
To whom and what and where. Horace. | 11 |
| He has the gift of the gab; i.e., is a fluent talker. | 12 |
He that hears much and speaks not all,
Shall be welcome both in bower and hall. | 13 |
| He that talks to himself talks to a fool. | 14 |
| He who talks much is sometimes right. Spanish. | 15 |
| I have a poor opinion of a man who talks to men what women should not hear. Richardson. | 16 |
| It is very seldom that a great talker hath either discretion or good manners. | 17 |
| Leave a dog and a great talker in the middle of the street. | 18 |
| Let people talk and dogs bark. German. | 19 |
| Long talk makes short days. French. | 20 |
| Many talk like philosophers and live like fools. | 21 |
| Much talk little work. Dutch. | 22 |
| Much talking enervates the judgment. Turkish Spy. | 23 |
| Much talking, much erring. Spanish. | 24 |
| People should talk not to please themselves but those who hear them. | 25 |
| Talk does not cook rice. Chinese. | 26 |
| Talk is but talk; but ’tis money that buys land. | 27 |
| Talk little and well and you will be looked upon as somebody. Spanish. | 28 |
| Talk much and err much. | 29 |
| Talk of camps but stay at home. | 30 |
| Talk of sporting but buy game in the market. | 31 |
| Talkers are no doers. Shakespeare. | 32 |
| Talking comes by nature, science of understanding. German. | 33 |
| Talking is easier than doing, and promising than performing. German. | 34 |
| Talking is silver, silence is gold. German. | 35 |
| Talking pays no toll. | 36 |
| Talking very much and lying are cousin Germans. | 37 |
| The eternal talker neither hears nor learns. | 38 |
| The greatest talkers are always the least doers. | 39 |
| The talker sows, the listener reaps. Italian. | 40 |
| The more you are talked about the less powerful you are. Benjamin Disraeli. | 41 |
| There is never much talk of a thing but there is some truth in it. Italian. | 42 |
| They always talk who never think. Pope. | 43 |
| ’Tis remarkable that they talk most who have least to say. Pope. | 44 |
| To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. | 45 |
| Who talks much errs much. Spanish. | 46 |
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