Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.

Knowledge is power if you know about the right person.

What some invent, the rest enlarge.

What some invent, the rest enlarge.

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.

There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.

That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

That which is everybody's business is nobody's business.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

I heard the little bird say so.

I heard the little bird say so.

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

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