More Quotes by Washington Irving
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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.
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.
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
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 is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
