Edward Bulwer-Lytton

“Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of power.”

“When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.”

“It was a dark and stormy night.”

“The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.”

“He also coined the phrase 'pursuit of the almighty dollar'.”

“He coined the phrase 'the great unwashed'.”

“The pen is mightier than the sword.”

“A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.”

“Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.”

“The easiest person to deceive is one's own self.”

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

“Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.”

“A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.”

“The conscience of the great is a watchdog that can be silenced with a bone.”

“Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.”