Carolyn Wells — American Author born on June 18, 1862, died on March 26, 1942

Carolyn Wells was an American author and poet. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells. She died at the Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City in 1942... (wikipedia)

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.
Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.
A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
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.