Applause is the spur of noble minds, the aim and end of weak ones.

Applause is more important to deserve than to obtain.

Applause is a manifestation of faith before a speech, of hope during a speech, and generally, at the end of a speech, it's a sign of charity.

Applause is the beginning of abuse.

Conversation is best with lulls — Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.

The Conversation is that which makes for friends rather than vice versa.

Conversation is our account of ourselves. All we have, all we can, all we know is brought into play, and as the reproduction, in finer form, of all our havings.

Conversation is feminine, circular and radiant of the underlying unity.

The Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.

Echo is being’s call of distress into the present.

Echo is that which, by exposing us to modernity’s deep distress, also launches the other beginning of philosophy.

Echo is the scream of forgotten being from amidst the reign of technology.

Gossip is unwise — Don't repeat anything you will not sign your name to.

Gossip shouldn't be believed — It is better to trust our eyes than our ears.

Gossip is of little matter to the great man — A great anvil fears not noise.

A Gossip is surely not keeping your secrets either — A gourd that leaks at home will also leak in the field.