More Quotes by Washington Irving
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
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.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
