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

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

Whoever keeps an open ear
For tattlers will be sure to hear
The trumpet of contention.

Whoever keeps an open ear
For tattlers will be sure to hear
The trumpet of contention.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not read more

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

What some invent, the rest enlarge.

What some invent, the rest enlarge.

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

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

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.

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.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very friends.