The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonThere is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonPolitical freedom is, or ought to be, the best guaranty for the safety and continuance of spiritual, mental, and civil freedom. It is the combination of numbers to secure the liberty to each one.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton