But after all, the rumors with which his name was connected were rumors only,—noise, sayings, words; less than words.
People who don’t like gossip aren’t interested in their fellow creatures.
True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.
Our hobbies and recreations can be summed up in the one word: ‘gossip’.