Time, O my friend, is money! Time wasted can never conduce to money well managed.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonWhen you borrow on your character, it is your character that you leave in pawn.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonMan hazards the condition and loses the virtues of a freeman, in proportion as he accustoms his thoughts to view without anguish or shame, his lapse into the bondage of debtor.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonFame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton