A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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