For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.

"What do they say about meeting a bear in the woods? Oh right, you shouldn't. And to make sure you don't, you should make a lot of noise so that they'll will know where you are and keep their distance because, supposedly, they're as nervous of us as we are of them. Which is all goo, except this bear doesn't seem the least bit nervous. He's giving me a look like I'm Goldilocks, ate his porridge, broke his chair, slept in his bed, and now it's payback time."- Widdershins

He who talks much cannot always talk well.

Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.

The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.

Beware of anything that you hear yourself saying often.

Friend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don't know what to say.

His heart; some long word at the heart. He is dying of a long word.

"The worst part of it is you don't know if he's barking at an owl, the moon or a burglar!"
"That's one of the drawbacks of a limited vocabulary!"

3779. One may say too much, even upon the best Subject.

I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy.

300. A Man may say too much even upon the best of Subjects.