This was the moment for which the Bodhisatta had been,waiting. No one delights in a coarse language. Though dark and without beauty the cuckoo won the love and attention of all with its pleasing call. Thus exhorted by her son, the mother became refined in speech and elegant in manners. The fourth and last virtue concerned with right speech is to abstain from frivolous talk or gossip which brings no profit to anyone, anywhere.
People are too fond of idle talk, of maliciously disparaging others.
The papers in their gossip columns are just as bad. Men and women with time on their hands indulge in endless chatter, amusing themselves at the expense of others. It is a low, frivolous and too often a dirty business in which neighbours are made enemies for life'. Much talking is a source of danger, Through silence misfortune is avoided. Noble speech is apt, 2.