Washington Irving Quotes, Thoughts and images
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
after a man passes 60, his mischief is mainly in his head.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
No man knows what the wife of his bosom is until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of this world.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it
There is never jealousy where there is no strong regard.
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but the imagination and the heart.
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.
The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.
It's a fair wind that blew men to ale.
After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
I am always at a loss at how much to believe in my own stories.
A mother is the truest friend we have.
Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.