More quotes by Edith Wharton

"To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom."
"There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul."
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it."
"If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time."
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."