Secrecy Is The First Essential In Affairs

When People Are Too Comfortable, It Is Not Possible To Restrain Them Within The Bounds Of Their Duty? They May Be Compared To Mules Who, Being Accustomed To Burdens, Are Spoilt By Rest Rather Than Labour.

Bakers Of Bread Rolls And Pastry Cooks Will Not Buy Grain Before Eleven O'clock In Winter And Noon In Summer; Bakers Of Large Loaves Will Not Buy Grain Before Two O'clock. This Will Enable The People Of The Town To Obtain Their Supply First. Bakers Shall Put A Distinctive Trademark On Their Loaves, And Keep Weights And Scales In Their Shops, Under Penalty Of Having Their Licenses Removed.

Give Me Six Lines Written By The Most Honorable Person Alive, And I Shall Find Enough In Them To Condemn Them To The Gallows.

First, All Means To Conciliate; Failing That, All Means To Crush.

I Have The Consolation Of Leaving Your Kingdom In The Highest Degree Of Glory And Of Reputation.