“Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“What did you tell her?" (...)"That we found Mrs. Parrish wandering the streets in a scandalous manner last night, and remain in London to circulate gossip”

“What the sounds and smells do not divulge, gossip supplies. It spreads like wildfire in the neighborhood, where everyone is watching one another's morals.”