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.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

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

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

Reputation, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

Gossip isn’t scandal and it’s not merely malicious. It’s chatter about the human race by lovers of the same.

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

Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.

The purest joy is to live without disguise, unconstrained by the ties of a grave reputation.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty, and death of public opinion.

It is one thing to slander, another to accuse.

There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort.

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