Westward, beyond the still pleasant, but, even then, no longer solitary, hamlet of Charing, a broad space, broken here and there by scattered houses and venerable pollards, in the early spring of 1467, presented the rural scene for the sports and pastimes of the inhabitants of Westminister and London.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonSelf-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonInvention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonBooks are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton