Benjamin Disraeli

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

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

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune."

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

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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