More Quotes by Washington Irving
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
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.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
Believe me, the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, eats oftener a sweeter morsel, however coarse, than he who procures it by the labor of his brains.
Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the other as by their own imagination. They are always wooing goddesses, and marrying mere mortals.
