Flirting is a cheap, dangerous shortcut to get something you can't hold after you get it.

Try to think of your thoughts as boomerangs - that is actually what they are - except that our thoughts multiply and each returns to us with a brood like itself.

The hope of any nation lies in the personal qualities of its individual members.

a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at least not be offended by it.

The very thing that seems to impede your progress can often be turned to account for you.

Charm lies in complete forgetfulness of self.

All life is a delusion of the senses.