Let those that merely talk and never think,

That live in the wild anarchy of drink.

Ben Jonson (1573-1637): Underwoods. An Epistle, answering to One that asked to be sealed of the Tribe of Ben.

No season now for calm familiar talk.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Iliad of Homer. Book xxii. Line 169.

Then he will talk—good gods! how he will talk!

Nathaniel Lee (1655-1692): Alexander the Great. Act i. Sc. 3.

The deep of night is crept upon our talk,

And nature must obey necessity.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iv. Sc. 3.

True, I talk of dreams,

Which are the children of an idle brain,

Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Romeo and Juliet. Act i. Sc. 4.

Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.

He doth nothing but talk of his horse.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.

Where Nature's end of language is declin'd,

And men talk only to conceal the mind.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 207.

A merrier man,

Within the limit of becoming mirth,

I never spent an hour's talk withal.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Love's Labour's Lost. Act ii. Sc. 1.

Where Nature's end of language is declin'd,

And men talk only to conceal the mind.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 207.

Who think too little, and who talk too much.

John Dryden (1631-1701): Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 534.

They never taste who always drink;

They always talk who never think.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721): Upon a passage in the Scaligerana.

'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours,

And ask them what report they bore to heaven.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 376.

She is pretty to walk with,

And witty to talk with,

And pleasant, too, to think on.

Sir John Suckling (1609-1641): Brennoralt. Act ii.