Edith Wharton Quote

The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.


The Edith Wharton reader (ed. 1965)


The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.

The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.

The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.

The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost.