Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit
next to me.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit
next to me.

Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift,
increases with travel and gains strength by read more

Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift,
increases with travel and gains strength by its progress.
[Lat., Fama, malum quo non aliud velocius ullum,
Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo.]

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good read more

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own.

It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that read more

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.

A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as read more

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace