More Quotes by Washington Irving
He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
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.
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.
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.
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.
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.
