The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

TALKATIVE: "All this I know very well. For a man can receive nothing,
unless it is given him from Heaven. All is by grace — not by works. I
could give you a hundred scriptures for the confirmation of this."
FAITHFUL: "Well, then, what shall we discuss now?”
TALKATIVE: "Whatever you desire. I will talk of heavenly things — or
earthly things; moral things — or evangelical things; sacred things —
or secular things; past things — or things to come; foreign things — or
things at home; essential things — or extraneous things — provided
that all is done to our profit.”
Now Faithful began to marvel, and stepping towards Christian — for all
this time he had been walking by himself, he softly said to him, "What a
noble companion we have! Surely this man will make a very excellent
Pilgrim."
At this Christian meekly smiled, and said, "This man, with whom you
are so enamored, will beguile twenty people who do not know him, with
that tongue of his."
FAITHFUL: "Do you know him, then?"
CHRISTIAN: "Know him! Yes, better than he knows himself."
FAITHFUL: "Tell me — what is he?”
CHRISTIAN: "His name is Talkative, and he dwells in our town. I am
surprised that you are a stranger to him — yet that is somewhat
understandable because our town is so large."
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