No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote
Whatever the number of a man’s friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Read Quote