The bold sympathize with the bold; and in great hearts, there is always a certain friendship for a gallant foe.
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 LyttonHe whom God hath gifted with a love of retirement possesses, as it were, an extra sense.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton