His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped read more

His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped from politics to puns;
It passed from Mahomet to Moses;
Beginning with the laws that keep
The planets in the radiant courses,
And ending with some precept deep
For dressing eels or shoeing horses.

Whose talk is of bullocks.

Whose talk is of bullocks.

He who talks much cannot always talk well.
[It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]

He who talks much cannot always talk well.
[It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]

Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!

Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy
tidings.

I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy
tidings.

In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!

Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!

Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.

Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.