More Quotes by Washington Irving
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
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.
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
