390 Quotes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The heart of a girl is like a convent – the holier the cloister, the more charitable the door.

Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on.

Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature.

There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.

Poverty is relative, and, therefor not ignoble.

Julius Caesar owed two millions when he risked the experiment of being general in Gaul. If Julius Caesar had not lived to cross the Rubicon, and pay off his debts, what would his creditors have called Julius Caesar?

What a rare gift, by the by, is that of manners! how difficult to define, how much more difficult to impart! Better for a man to possess them than wealth, beauty, or talent; they will more than supply all.

In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations – fear.

Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-“Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost.”