“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.”
“I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.”
“Oh! you are a great deal too apt, you know, to like people in general. You never see fault in any body. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life.""I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.”
“I do not traditionally speak ill of women, but your governess is a cabbagehead”
“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . ”