For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers read more

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought not.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind

Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind

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.

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.