Scandal begins where the police leave off.

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

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

Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

Everybody says it; and what everybody says must be true.

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

It is one thing to slander, another to accuse.

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.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

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

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