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

Shamelessness is the shame of being without shame.

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

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

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

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

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

Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.

A false report rides post.

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

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