Quotes by Carolyn Wells

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

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

I have always hated biography, and more especially, autobiography. If biography, the writer invariable finds it necessary to plater the subject with praises, flattery, and adulation and to invest him with all Christian graces. If autobiography, the same plan is followed, but the writer apologizes for it.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

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, they're the worst of all.

'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 libraryIt takes two volumes And a fire.Two volumes and a fire, And interest.The interest alone will doIf logs are few.

Actions lie louder than words.