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

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.

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

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

The more sifted, the finer the flour; the more often repeated, the rougher the gossip.

The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish.

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

Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.

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

There are many civil questions that arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled.

A false report rides post.

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.