It is nothing only a woman drowning, is a wicked and spiteful old saying, which, like the bridle, came out of the common notion that women do a world of mischief with their tongues. John Ploughman will leave somebody else to answer, for he owns that he cannot keep a secret himself. They say that silence is a fine jewel for a woman, but it is very little worn. They say foxes are all tail, and women all tongue. Still what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, and some men are quite as bad blabs as the women.
Common fame is a common liar.
Hearsay is half lies. A tale never loses in the telling. As a snowball grows by rolling, so does a story. They who talk much lie much. Silence is wisdom.