Washington Irving

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind…

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years…

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate…

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into…

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with…

A woman’s whole life is a history of the affections…

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the…

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have…

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard…

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love…

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs…