A poor original is better than a good imitation.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A weed is but an unloved flower.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Change is the watchword of progression. When we tire of well-worn ways we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb and to seek the Mountain View.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Day's sweetest moments are at dawn.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Feast, and your halls are crowded Fast, and the world goes by Succeed and give, and it helps you live But no man can help you die

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I love your lips when they're wet with wine and red with wicked desire

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

In time the earth will be inhabited by almost god-like beings who shall analyze and discuss the remnants of humanity as we now discuss the chimpanzee.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song. But the man worthwhile is one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is easy to tell the toiler How best he can carry his pack But no one can rate a burden's weight Until it has been on his back

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Laugh and the world laughs with you weep and you weep alone.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox