There is no diplomacy like candor.
The art of life is to show your hand.
Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.