"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that the roots of true happiness grow deep in the present moment."

"This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room."

"The connection between dress and war is not far to seek your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers."

"The silent observer understands that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges."

"The secret of food lies in memory - of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is."

"In the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"You can never plan the future by the past."