| Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. |
| Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. |
| A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. |
| There is no diplomacy like candor. |
| Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. |
| Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts. |
| Diplomacy is like jazz:endless variations on a theme. |
| Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets. |
| Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. |
| Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues. |