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

"It was part of her discernment to be aware that life is the only real counselor, that wisdom unfiltered through perso…"

"A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue."

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

"He had come on her that morning in a moment of disarray; her face had been pale and altered, and the diminution of he…"

"No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity."

"After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them & inve…"

"I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, & consequently suggest…"

"Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet it alone."

"Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. I loved light ever, light in eye and brain — No tapers mirrored in long pa…"