He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonThere is an ill-breeding to which, whatever our rank and nature, we are almost equally sensitive, the ill-breeding that comes from want of consideration for others.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonInvention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton