“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.”
— Edith Wharton
“In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.”
— Edith Wharton
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
— Edith Wharton
“Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.”
— Edith Wharton
“The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.”
— Edith Wharton