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.

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.

I heard the little bird say so.

I heard the little bird say so.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

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.

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.

An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation

An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation

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.

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

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