~ Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. ~
~ No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. ~
~ Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. ~
~ Our globe discovers its bidden virtues, not only in heroes and arch-angels, but in gossips and nurses. ~
~ The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them. ~
~ Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. ~
~ Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress. ~
~ A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself ~
~ He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue ~
~ A long-tongued, babbling gossip. ~
~ Gossip, like ennui, is born of idleness. ~
~ Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance. ~