Benjamin Disraeli

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

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.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

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

The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

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

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.