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.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

I believe absence is a great element of charm.

I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility.

All my successes have been built on my failures.

We moralize among ruins.

Difficulties melt away under tact.