Josh Billings Quotes about Silence
Josh Billings (1874). “Everybody's Friend, Or Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor”, p.79
I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.
"Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings". 1865.
Josh Billings (1913). “Wit and Wisdom of Josh Billings [pseud.]: Choice Bits of Fun and Philosophy of the Great Humorist Carefully Collected and Revised”