Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn’t get anyone else to listen to.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

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

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Gossip and reputation make sure that what comes around – a person who is cruel will find that the others are cruel hack to him, and a person who is kind will find others are kind in return. Gossip paired with reciprocity allow karma to work here on earth, not in the next life.

All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience.

Once you have listened to the gossip for some time, you will soon feel as if you know everyone, even if you have never met them.

No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue.