Benjamin Disraeli

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

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

There is no education like adversity.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

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

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

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

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Never complain and never explain.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Duty cannot exist without faith

It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is - the determination to maintain the Empire of England.

The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.