Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

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

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.