Washington Irving Quotes

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

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.

after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head

The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

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.

Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.

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.

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

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.

There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

He that drinks beer, thinks beer.