Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

Punctuality is a virtue, if you don't mind being lonely

Punctuality is a virtue, if you don't mind being lonely

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

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