Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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 G. Bulwer-Lytton
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Whatever the number of a man’s friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
