Give, and you may keep your friend it you lose your money; lend, and the chances are that you lose your friend if ever you get back your money.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonThe true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonSelf-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton