More Quotes by Washington Irving
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
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.
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.
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
