To write one's memoirs is to speak ill of everybody except oneself.

One should speak little with others and much with oneself

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

I never speak ill of dead people or live judges.