Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonNo reproach is like that we clothe in a smile, and present with a bow.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonThe man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonFaith builds in the dungeon and lazarhouse its sublimest shrines; and up, through roofs of stone, that shut out the eye of heaven, ascends the ladder where the angels glide to and fro,--prayer.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton