To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, as in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.

When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else.

Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better.

The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.