The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIColonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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There is no education like adversity.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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We moralize among ruins.
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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