“Come now, Mr. Windsor. Even with your limited knowledge and frame of reference, you must recognize that diplomacy is merely a cover for the most savage acts of mankind.”
“Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.”
“In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have.”
“All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.”
“Well, what did he want?" "Merely to tell you that your uncle, Mr. Eyre of Madeira, is dead; that he has left you all his property, and that you are now rich--merely that--nothing more.”
“Diplomacy is seduction in another guise, Mr. Adams. One improves with practice.”