Shamelessness is the shame of being without shame.

Until you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

Don’t ever wear artistic jewelry; it wrecks a woman’s reputation.

One of the things men should most strive to do is win a good reputation and see that no one questions it.

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact.

There is a demon who puts wings on certain tales and launches them like eagles out into space.

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.

Everyone knows about everybody in Hollywood—who sleeps with whom, who doesn’t sleep, who does it standing on his head or in the dentist’s chair.

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

Attacks on me will do no harm, and silent contempt is the best answer to them.