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

Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress.

I believe absence is a great element of charm.

Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.