“My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip.What is the difference between scandal and gossip?Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”

“Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”

“I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself do not interest me. The have not got the charm of novelty.”

“Gossip isn't scandal and its not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same”

“The basis of every scandal is immoral certainty.”

“Lebedev: ...There'll be a scandal, the tongues of the whole district will buzz with gossip, but it's better to go through a scandal, isn't it, than to destroy yourself for your whole life.”

“One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.”