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.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and read more

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

See that your own hearth is swept before you lift your neighbor's ashes.

See that your own hearth is swept before you lift your neighbor's ashes.

You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.
[Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota read more

You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.
[Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.]

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

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.

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

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

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.