Fate whirls on the bark, and the rough gale sweeps from the rising tide the lazy calm of thought.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonThe conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonChance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton