Quotes from Washington Irving
There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
- Washington Irving
Man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.
- Washington Irving
Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
- Washington Irving
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.
- Washington Irving
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.
- Washington Irving
There is an endearing tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.
- Washington Irving
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
- Washington Irving
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
- Washington Irving
Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length we cannot wonder even at a miracle.
- Washington Irving
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
- Washington Irving
A woman's life is a history of the affections.
- Washington Irving
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
- Washington Irving