You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonKeep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonEmotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonIn every civilized society there is found a race of men who retain the instincts of the aboriginal cannibal and live upon their fellow-men as a natural food.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonA chord, stronger or weaker, is snapped asunder in every parting, and time's busy fingers are not practiced in re-splicing broken ties. Meet again you may; will it be in the same way? With the same sympathies? With the same sentiments? Will the souls, hurrying on in diverse paths, unite once more, as if the interval had been a dream? Rarely, rarely!
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton