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.

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.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

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.

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.