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

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

A bad reputation is easy to come by, painful to bear, and difficult to clear.

Journalists belong in the gutter, because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.

Reputation, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

There is a demon who puts wings on certain tales and launches them like eagles out into space.

Speak without regard for the consequences, and it is too late for silence when disaster strikes.

Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.

There are many civil questions that arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled.

Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.

Attacks on me will do no harm, and silent contempt is the best answer to them.

The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

One of the things men should most strive to do is win a good reputation and see that no one questions it.