More Quotes by Washington Irving
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
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.
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.
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.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.
