The art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

When Croft's 'Life of Dr. Young' was spoken of as a good imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, 'No, no,' said he, 'it is not a good imitation of Johnson; it has al…

'War,' says Machiavel, 'ought to be the only study of a prince;' and by a prince he means every sort of state, however constituted. 'He ought,' says this great…

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

You can fool some of the people all of the time; you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time.

[The writer] warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies.