Benjamin Disraeli

The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.

No enemy is indeed so terrible as a man of genius.

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.

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.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

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.

Adventures are to the adventurous.