More Quotes by Washington Irving
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
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.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
