More Quotes by Washington Irving
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven
Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it
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.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
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.
after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head
