Benjamin Disraeli

"Life is too short to be little."

"The hardest law for a man to obey is to mind his own business."

"Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is awful."

"We are all born for a purpose, though few of us recognize it."

"Ambition is the path to success; persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

"Character is that which reveals moral purpose and exposes what kind of person you wish to become."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the heart of all intellectual development."

"Forget the past, for it has been tried and found wanting."

"When a man is thoroughly satisfied with the present, he contents himself with what has been."

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."

"The pursuit of the perfect is the enemy of the good."

"As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who gets the most facts."

"Wisdom is not found in books alone; experience is the greatest tome."

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."

"The development of human culture depends upon scientific curiosity and moral courage."

"Through thick and thin, duty never wavers in the heart of the faithful."

"It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and deceivers."

"The sanction of society is essential to the freedom of the individual."

"What is the world but a stage for the ambitious to display themselves?"

"To know the laws of your country is your first duty as a citizen."

"Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things."

"The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence."

"Nature abhors a vacuum and man abhors silence."

"The union of the mathematicians and poets is the marriage of reason and imagination."

"Time is the measure of all things; we are all its children."

"A man's career is his reputation; a woman's is her discretion."

"Principle is a passion for truth."

"Books are companions; they never desert us in our hours of need."

"The origin of all power is the people; they hold the ultimate responsibility."

"Do nothing hastily but lay your plans with care and deliberation."