The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Famous Quotes
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Friendship
How fleeting the sorrows of youth, how slight the foundations on which the young build towers of despair
It is impossible to pursue a successful literary career and follow the advice of all one's 'best friends'. I feel compelled to follow the light which my own intellect & judgement cast upon my way, rather than any one of the many conflicting rays which other minds would lend me.
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Literature