Disraeli - I
Posted by improveacrati on April 21, 2007
Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that I suppose would be a calamity.
Change is inevitable. Change is constant. But characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Success is the child of audacity. The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.
