Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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

"It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart."

"Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge."

"Art and science have their meeting point in method."

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

"If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues."

"In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves."

"Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem."

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

"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."

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