You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.
Benjamin DisraeliWe can know nothing of humankind without knowing something of ourselves. Self-knowledge is the property of those people whose passions have their full play, but who ponder over their results.
Benjamin DisraeliNine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
Benjamin Disraeli