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

— Carolyn Wells

Happiness is the ability to recognize it.

— Carolyn Wells

Of two evils choose the prettier.

— Carolyn Wells

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

— Carolyn Wells

We should live and learn but by the time we've learned it's too late to live.

— Carolyn Wells

What is the use of having an imagination if you can't make it work for you?

— Carolyn Wells

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.

— Carolyn Wells