~ Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal. ~
~ Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker. ~
~ Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth. ~
~ Conversation is an exercise of the mind;gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue. ~
~ Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. ~
~ Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys. ~
~ 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. ~
~ Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past. ~
~ Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. ~
~ Gossip is nature's telephone. ~
~ Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously ~
~ Gossip, n.: Hearing something you like about someone you don't. ~