Lapham’s Quarterly

Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.

Secrets are rarely betrayed or discovered according to any program our fear has sketched out.

Secrecy lies at the very core of power.

For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.

The life of spies is to know, not be known.

Spies are of no use nowadays. Their profession is over. The newspapers do their work instead.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

The first duty of a good inquisitor is to suspect especially those who seem sincere to him.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.