Quotes from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life

And he who has dwelt with his heart alone, Hears all the music in friendship's tone. So better and better I comprehend How sorrow ever would be our friend.

We flatter those we scarcely know We please the fleeting guest And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Give us that grand word woman once again, And let's have done with lady; one's a term Full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, Fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; And one's a word for lackeys.

All love that has not friendship for its base is like a mansion built upon the sand.

A weed is but an unloved flower.