Quotes from Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

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

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.