More From Edith Wharton
- "Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue."
- "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
- "There are moments when a man’s imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny."
More In Good
- "Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character."― Heraclitus
- "It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others."― Michel de Montaigne
- "I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‘Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.’"― Jim Carrey