Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.
As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God's path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony: on a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.
The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.
I never saw an athletic girl that thought she was strong enough to do indoor work.