Benjamin Disraeli

"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."

"All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil."

"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."

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

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."

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

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

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

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

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

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune."

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

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

"The secret to success is constancy of purpose."

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

"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."

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

"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."

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