Quotes from Washington Irving
The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.
- Washington Irving
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
- Washington Irving
After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.
- Washington Irving
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.
- Washington Irving
[I]n the gloomy month of February.... The Deserts of Arabia are not more dreary and inhospitable than the streets of London at such a time.
- Washington Irving
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
- Washington Irving
There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.
- Washington Irving
Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.
- Washington Irving
True love will not brook reserve; it feels undervalued and outraged, when even the sorrows of those it loves are concealed from it.
- Washington Irving
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
- Washington Irving
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.
- Washington Irving
Here's to your good health, and your family's good health, and may you all live long and prosper.
- Washington Irving