A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

To live like a poor man is only fun when you are rich.

I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil.