Quotes by Carolyn Wells

“Actions lie louder than words.”

“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”

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

“Of two evils, choose the prettier”

“You wouldnt believe On All Hallow Eve What lots of fun we can make, With apples to bob, And nuts on the hob,And a ring-and-thimble cake.”

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

“The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, theyre the worst of all.”

“A guilty conscience is the mother of invention”

“Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day!”

“To make a library it takes two volumes And a fire. Two volumes and a fire, And interest. The interest alone will do If logs are few.”

“Every dogma must have its day”

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

“We are not the barbecue police. We are not in charge of security.”

“Its sort of grandfathered in,”

“Its sort of grandfathered in.”

What is the use of having an imagination if you cant make it work for you?

Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced.

Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself

Of two evils choose the prettier.

We should live and learn but by the time weve learned its too late to live.