The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
There is no education like adversity.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.
Never complain and never explain.
Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.
A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented.
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.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.
Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
Little things affect little minds.
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
All my successes have been built on my failures.
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