“Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart.”
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Famous Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
“The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.”
“He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.”
“Shame is like the weaver's thread; if it breaks in the net, it is wholly imperfect.”
“Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.”
“Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors.”
“There is no society, however free and democratic, where wealth will not create an aristocracy.”
“Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .”
“When you borrow on your character, it is your character that you leave in pawn.”
“Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.”