If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y read more

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

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

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

There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.

There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.

Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys.

Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys.

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.

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.

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.

A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.

A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.