“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.”

“And are all profited by what they hear, or only some among them? So that it seems that there is an art of hearing as well as one of speaking.”

“Being funny is a gift, and, when done well, is an art form.”

“Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.”

“The art here does not exist to define conversations or generate dogma, it is here to open up conversations.”

“Surely only boring people went in for conversations consisting of questions and answers. The art of true conversation consisted in the play of minds.”

“The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.”

“Life is the art of being well-deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.”

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”