Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonA woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonWe tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonRarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending; each supplying the defects of the helpmate, and completing, by fusion, one strong human soul.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonI believe that there is much less difference between the author and his works than is currently supposed; it is usually in the physical appearance of the writer,--his manners, his mien, his exterior,--that he falls short of the ideal a reasonable man forms of him--rarely in his mind.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton