Did Edward Bulwer-Lytton say “The pen is mightier than the sword”?

Did Edward Bulwer-Lytton say “The pen is mightier than the sword”?

Found word for word. The words exist, but not where people usually place them. The earliest match in our corpus comes from another source, listed below.

_Examples_: He is a slave to the _cup_. Strike for your _altars_ and your _fires_. The _kettle boils,_ He rose and addressed the _chair_. The _palace_ should not scorn the _cottage_. The watched _pot_ never boils. The red _coats_ turned and fled. _Iron_ bailed and _lead_ rained upon the enemy. The _pen_ is mightier than the _sword_.
The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric — Sherwin Cody, CHAPTER II. · ¶630 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #19719 · source

The pen is mightier than the sword.--BULWER LYTTON: _Richelieu, act ii. sc. 2._
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature — John Bartlett, ¶5241 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #27889 · source

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.[606-1]
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature — John Bartlett, Chapter of accidents.[353-2] · ¶14994 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #27889 · source

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