Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonThere is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form it changes its name, and we call it patience.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonA good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton