“Debt is the prolific mother of folly and of crime.”

— Benjamin Disraeli, Henrietta Temple, 1837, Book 2, ch. 1

About Benjamin Disraeli

1804 – 1881

British statesman, twice Prime Minister, and novelist.

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”

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

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“Hence vain deluding Joys, the brood of Folly without father bred!”

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”

“The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.”

“In love of home, the love of country has its rise.”