Politics Ought To Be Adjusted Not To

All Writers On The Science Of Policy Are Agreed, And They Agree With Experience, That All Governments Must Frequently Infringe The Rules Of Justice To Support Themselves; That Truth Must Give Way To Dissimulation, Honesty To Convenience, And Humanity Itself To The Reigning Of Interest. The Whole Of This Mystery Of Iniquity Is Called The Reason Of State.

An Appearance Of Delicacy, And Even Fragility, Is Almost Essential To Beauty.

To Drive Men From Independence To Live On Alms, Is Itself Great Cruelty.

Next To Love, Sympathy Is The Divinest Passion Of The Human Heart.

Is It In Destroying And Pulling Down That Skill Is Displayed? The Shallowest Understanding, The Rudest Hand, Is More Than Equal To That Task.