You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonSome have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonLife is short - while we speak it flies; enjoy, then, the present, and forget the future; such is the moral of ancient poetry, a graceful and a wise moral - indulged beneath a southern sky, and all deserving, the phrase applied to it - the philosophy of the garden.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonPeople who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonThe man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton