Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert

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

"Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read."

"In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern."

"Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few."

"Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many."

"Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best."

"Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own."

"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."

"Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness." - speech (1873)