The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
Edith Wharton

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
Edith Wharton

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.
Edith Wharton

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

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?
Edith Wharton

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
Edith Wharton

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.
Edith Wharton

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.
Edith Wharton