So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

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.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

I heard the little bird say so.

I heard the little bird say so.

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 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.

What some invent, the rest enlarge.

What some invent, the rest enlarge.

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

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

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.