Carolyn Wells

It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

Invitation is the sincerest flattery.

Insistent advice may develop into interference, and interference, someone has said, is the hind hoof of the devil.

Musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!

Reward is its own virtue.

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his minds eye.

I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts or be discarded as worthless. My efforts must soon be crowned with success, or discontinued.