What Is Earnest Is Not

The Practice Of Politics In The East May Be Defined By One Word: Dissimulation.

There Can Be No Economy Where There Is No Efficiency.

The Italians Say It Is Not Necessary To Be A Stag; But We Ought Not To Be A Tortoise.

A Practical Man Is A Man Who Practices The Errors Of His Forefathers.

No Government Can Be Long Secure Without A Formidable Opposition. It Reduces Their Supporters To That Tractable Number Which Can Be Managed By The Joint Influences Of Fruition And Hope. It Offers Vengeance To The Discontented, And Distinction To The Ambitious; And Employs The Energies Of Aspiring Spirits, Who Otherwise May Prove Traitors In A Division Or Assassins In A Debate.