"Let us agree not to step on each other's feet " said the cock to the horse.
Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.
Without tact you can learn nothing.
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
If you never stepped on anybody's toes, you never been for a walk.
If any pilgrim monk come from distant parts with wish as a guest to dwell in the monastery and will be content with the customs which he finds in the place and does not perchance by his lavishness...
To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact talk to every woman as if you loved her and to every man as if he bored you.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay
A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.
Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings