Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Agreeable surprises are the perquisites of youth.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Ambition has no rest.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Anger vented often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Books are waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Happiness and Virtue re-act upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

If aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life’s prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little success.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton