A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonHe who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonHobbies should be wives, not mistresses. It will not do to have more than one at a time. One hobby leads you out of extravagance; a team of hobbies you cannot drive till you are rich enough to find corn for them all. Few men are rich enough for that.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonHe who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton