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 false report rides post.

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

A bad reputation is easy to come by, painful to bear, and difficult to clear.

It is one thing to slander, another to accuse.

Scandal begins where the police leave off.

Speak without regard for the consequences, and it is too late for silence when disaster strikes.

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.

Journalists belong in the gutter, because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

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.

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

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.