What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.
Benjamin DisraeliHappiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.
Benjamin DisraeliSome will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only read new books, as if some valuable truths are not among the old. Some will not read a book because they know the author: others . . . would also read the man.
Benjamin Disraeli