“I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.” MenChildrenMorningYouthHe ManEvery MorningVirginsContagiousGladnessFreshnessHappy Children Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The man who has acquired the habit of study, though for only one hour every day in the year, and keeps to the one thing studied till it is mastered, will be startled to see the way he has made at the end of a twelvemonth.” MenWayYearsMadeEndsHoursStudyOne ThingHe ManHabitOne Hour Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.” ThinkingMenHe ManSmokeSagePipeTobaccoSmokersSmoking CigarsSmoking A PipeTobacco SmokingPipe SmokingSamaritans Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The Management of money is, in much, the management of self. If heaven allotted to each man seven guardian angels, five of them, at least, would be found night and day hovering over his pockets.” IfsMenSelfWould BeNightFoundHeavenMoneyFiveHe ManAngelManagementSevenPocketsGuardianGuardian AngelHovering Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Ask any school-boy up to the age of fifteen where he would spend his holidays. Not one in five hundred will say, "In the streets of London," if you give him the option of green fields and running waters. It is, then, a fair presumption that there must be something of the child still in the character of the men or the women whom the country charms in maturer as in dawning life.” IfsMenGivingChildrenStillsCountryCharacterRunningAgeSchoolAsksWaterBoysFiveStreetsFieldsHe ManHundredFairsGreenLondonCharmHolidayFifteenPresumptionRunning WaterGreen Fields Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.” MenShouldShowsWould BeEmotionHe ManSorrowBattleRaisedSuperiorsFuneralRidiculePuppetsApatheticPuppet Shows Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Character is money; and according as the man earns or spends the money, money in turn becomes character. As money is the most evident power in the world's uses, so the use that he makes of money is often all that the world knows about a man.” KnowsMenWorldCharacterUseTurnsMoneyHe ManEvident Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.” MenWantHe ManSuitsPlentyGarments Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Sooner mayest thou trust thy pocket to a pickpocket than give loyal friendship to the man who boasts of eyes to the heart never mounts in dew! Only when man weeps he should be alone, not because tears are weak, but they should be secret. Tears are akin to prayer,--Pharisees parade prayers, imposters parade tears.” MenGivingShouldHeartEyePrayerSecretTearsHe ManWeakPocketsLoyalBoastDewParadesImposterPharisees Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.” MenHe ManMercifulTimidity Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame - to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell.” MenWantKnownHellHe ManTasteFamePurgatory Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks like a philosopher and acts like a Samaritan.” ThinkingMenPleasureWiseHe ManSourcePhilosopherSmokeContemplationSmokingCompanionFountainPipeTobaccoSmoking A PipeTobacco SmokingPipe SmokingSamaritans Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.” MenSuccessPurposeGrowsObjectsHe ManFineGeniusSucceedFellowsEvery ManObservationResolve Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
