‘Shallow brooks murmur most, deep silent slide away,’ wrote Sir Philip Sidney. The fact that a man says little does not mean that he does not think profoundly, whilst those who talk the most have no depth of feeling.We find the same theme in such other proverbs as Empty vessels make the most sound.
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