Benjamin Disraeli

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."

"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it."

"When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken."

"Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor."

"When I want to read a novel, I write one."

"Most people die with their music still locked up inside them."

"I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best."

"A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art."

"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it."

"The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end."

"There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics."

"Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure."

"The secret to success is constancy of purpose."

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune."

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."

"Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time."

"Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love."

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."

"King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner."

"When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken."