Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
Benjamin DisraeliThrough perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Benjamin DisraeliCleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
Benjamin DisraeliNo government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influences of fruition and hope. It offers vengeance to the discontented, and distinction to the ambitious; and employs the energies of aspiring spirits, who otherwise may prove traitors in a division or assassins in a debate.
Benjamin Disraeli