"Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom." ― Anne Bradstreet From Anne Bradstreet Poet Added on 1/31/2026 About Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet was an early English and colonial American poet and one of the first published poets in the American colonies. Born: 1612-03-20 Died: 1672-09-16 View all quotes from Anne Bradstreet