Who gossips with you will gossip of you

Who gossips with you will gossip of you

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I heard the little bird say so.

I heard the little bird say so.

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.

Foul whisp'rings are abroad.

Foul whisp'rings are abroad.

Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift,
increases with travel and gains strength by read more

Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift,
increases with travel and gains strength by its progress.
[Lat., Fama, malum quo non aliud velocius ullum,
Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo.]