Benjamin Disraeli

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard. ”

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

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

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. ”

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. ”

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. ”

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

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. ”

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations. ”

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. ”