Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff
Harold NicolsonThe Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
Harold NicolsonThese, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.
Harold Nicolson