John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 10:14

Verſ. 14. A fool alſo is full of words] A very wordy man he is,Boni oratoris eſt ſermonem habere rebus parem. Plut. and a great deal of ſmall talk he has: voces ſuſque de que effutit inanes, as Thuanus hath it, he layes on more words than the matter will well bear. And this cuſtom of his is graphically expreſſed by an imitation of his vain tautologies. A man cannot tell (ſaith he) what ſhall be after him, and what ſhall be after him, who can tell? He hath got this ſentence, (that may well become a wiſe man, chap. 6.12. and 8.7.) by the end, and hee wears it thread-bare, hee hath never done with it, miſapplying and abuſing it to the defence of his wilful and witleſſe enterpriſes. Thus the Aſſe in the Fable would needs imitate the Dogge, leaping and fawning in like manner, on his Maſter: but with ill ſucceſſe. The lip of excellency becomes not a fool, Prov. 17.17. (See the Note there: See alſo Prov. 10.19. Prov. 17.27. Eccleſ. 5.3, 7. with the Notes) But empty casks, we know, ſound loudeſt, and baſer metals ring ſhrilleſt: things of little worth are ever moſt plentiful. Hiſtory and experience tells us, that ſome kind of Mouſe breedeth one hundred and twenty young ones in one neſt; whereas the Lion and Elephant bears but one at once, [non-Latin text not transcribed]; ſo the leaſt wit yeelds the moſt words, and as any one is more wiſe, he is more ſparing of his ſpeeches. Heſiod ſaith, that words, as a precious treaſure, ſhould bee thriftily huſbanded, and warily waſted. Chriſtians know, that for every waſte word account muſt be given at the great day, Mat. 12.36. See the Note there.