To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomat - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know how much oil to mix in with one's vinegar.

“The less said about life's sores the better.”

“Dorian Gray frowned and turned his head away. He could not help liking the tall…”

“Your days are your sonnets.”

“There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the m…”