More Quotes by Washington Irving
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
