I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors

Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors

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.

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.

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

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

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by common hatred of it's neighbours.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by common hatred of it's neighbours.

A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it

A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it

Hearts that are delicate and kind, and tongues that are neither -- these makes the finest company in the world.

Hearts that are delicate and kind, and tongues that are neither -- these makes the finest company in the world.