Diplomacy: lying in state.

A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.

There is always room at the top - after the investigation.

Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.