Quotes from Washington Irving
A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.
- Washington Irving
A mother is the truest friend we have.
- Washington Irving
A father may turn his back on his child, … . but a mother's love endures through all.
- Washington Irving
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
- Washington Irving
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.
- Washington Irving
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
- Washington Irving
Poetry had breathed over and sanctified the land.
- Washington Irving
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.
- Washington Irving
I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
- Washington Irving
The paternal hearth, the rallying-place of the affections.
- Washington Irving
Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting.
- Washington Irving
The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
- Washington Irving