661 Quotes by Edith Wharton

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.

My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.

There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self-deprecation.

There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Make one's center of life inside one's self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity.

They seemed to suddenly come upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in a winter wood.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision

There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.