One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor. Benjamin Disraeli
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. Benjamin Disraeli
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.Lord Chesterfield
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.Lord Chesterfield
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. Lord Chesterfield
Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.Lord Chesterfield