The heart of a girl is like a convent--the holier the cloister, the more charitable the door.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonIrony is to the high-bred what billingsgate is to the vulgar; and when one gentleman thinks another gentleman an ass, he does not say it point-blank, he implies it in the politest terms he can invent.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonA friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonA reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton