Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.

Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.

Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

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

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