Benjamin Disraeli

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

"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."

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

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

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

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune."

"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."