Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A man’s heart must be very frivolous if the possession of fame rewards the labor to attain it. For the worst of reputation is that it is not palpable or present – we do not feel or see or taste it.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A mind once cultivated will not lie fallow for half an hour.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We are fulfilling our proper destiny, and those around us feel the sunshine of our own hearts.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Beautiful eyes in the face of a handsome woman are like eloquence to speech.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Character is money; and according as the man earns or spends the money, money in turn becomes character. As money is the most evident power in the world’s uses, so the use that he makes of money is often all that the world knows about a man.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton