“People who say not to speak ill of the dead are hypocrites, because you can take it ot the bank they're thinking ill.”

“If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.”

“There is a certain seductiveness about dead things. You can ill treat, alter and recolour what's dead. It won’t complain.”

“You should not speak ill of an absent friend.”
Ne male loquare absenti amico.

“My dear Tiberius, you must not give way to youthful emotion or take it to heart if anyone speaks ill of me; let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words.”
Aetati tuae, mi Tiberi, noli in hac re indulgere et nimium indignari quemquam esse, qui de me male loquatur; satis est enim, si hoc habemus ne quis nobis male facere possit.

“Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. ”

“It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.”

“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.”

“Who means ill, dreams ill.”

“We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.”