Quotes from Edward G. BulwerLytton

We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it moves stones, it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

What is human is immortal!

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

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