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.
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.
I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.
Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness.