Benjamin Disraeli

"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men."

"The secret of success is constancy of purpose."

"Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory."

"I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man."

"Life is too short to be small."

"The greatest good you can do for another is just to show them how much faith you have in their ability to do great things."

"Ignorance never settles a question."

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

"The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity."

"I am a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of sky."

"Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is united and resolved."

"Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be wearied."

"Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old emperors of Japan?"

"The art of life is to know the true worth of every day."

"There is moderation even in excess."

"I repeat that in this country the pocket is the nerve of political action."

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age."

"A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords."

"The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable."

"I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of writing all these years, but that wouldn't be honest."

"The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."

"Adventure is not outside man; it is within."

"Justice will always be as I have configured in my mind."

"We are all born for a purpose, and that purpose is to be kind."

"Everything comes to those who wait."

"When I meet a man I look at his knees."

"The microbe is so very small you cannot make him out with the naked eye."

"Peace is the first and fundamental condition of happiness."

"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."

"The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians."