Benjamin Disraeli

"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."

"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."

"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day."

"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."

"The secret to success is constancy of purpose."

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

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

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

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

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

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune."

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

"The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation."

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