There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonEvery man of sound brain whom you meet knows something worth knowing better than yourself. A man, on the whole, is a better preceptor than a book. But what scholar does not allow that the dullest book can suggest to him a new and a sound idea?
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonWhen a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonAnger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton