I think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
Benjamin DisraeliNurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Benjamin DisraeliYou have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. This is the policy of confiscation as compared with that of concurrent endowment.
Benjamin Disraeli