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

Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.

Scandal begins where the police leave off.

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

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

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

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

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

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.

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.

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

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