Don’t Talk Too Much

Whatever other faults are yours

     Don’t talk too much;

‘Tis only silence that endures –

     Don’t talk too much.

Don’t talk too loud or talk too long,

It has no value with the throng,

You’re apt to get yourself in wrong –

     Don’t talk too much.

If you’re a married man, Oh, say!

     Don’t talk too much;

You cannot hope to win the day –

     Don’t talk too much.

If you would out of trouble keep,

If you would into favor leap,

Or if you talk while in your sleep,

     Don’t talk too much

April 8, 1913

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