If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Grief Quotes, Society Quotes

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

London is a roost for every bird.

London is a roost for every bird.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Ignorance never settles a question

Ignorance never settles a question

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of...

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of...

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of...

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of...

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.