More Quotes by Washington Irving
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on.
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
