Bring me no more reports. [ William Shakespeare ]

A long-tongued, babbling gossip! [ William Shakespeare ]

Rumor has winged feet like Mercury. [ Beecher ]

On Rumor's tongue continual slanders ride. [ William Shakespeare ]

Stuffing the ears of men with false reports. [ William Shakespeare ]

In various talk the instructive hours they past,
Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lasts
One speaks the glory of the British queen.
And one describes a charming Indian screen;
A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes;
At every word a reputation dies. [ Pope ]

In every ear it spread, on every tongue it grew. [ Pope ]

Idle rumors were also added to well-founded apprehension. [ Lucan ]

Enemies carry a report in a quite different form from the original. [ Plautus ]

Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up. [ H. W. Shaw ]

It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. [ Chamfort ]

Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal. [ Octave Feuillet ]

Rumor is like bees: the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them. [ H. W. Shaw ]

Rumor, once started, rushes on like a river, until it mingles with, and is lost in the sea. [ Rivarol ]