Discretion is the better part of valor. Anonymous Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we cannot remedy. Spanish Proverb Diplomacy: lying in state. Oliver Hereford Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments. Frederick the Great
king of Prussia 1740-1786 (1712 - 1786) Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way. Isaac Goldberg Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. American Proverb Diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. Zhou En Lai
Chinese diplomat & Communist politician (1898 - 1976) Diligence is the mother of good luck. American Proverb Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. Aristotle
Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC) Dig the well before you are thirsty. Chinese Proverb | 
