Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. - Washington Irving 1 Share Now -
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. - Washington Irving 2 Share Now -
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. - Washington Irving 3 Share Now -
Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. - Washington Irving 4 Share Now -
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more. - Washington Irving 5 Share Now -
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. - Washington Irving 6 Share Now -
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. - Washington Irving 7 Share Now -
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant. - Washington Irving 8 Share Now -
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. - Washington Irving 9 Share Now -
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather. - Washington Irving 10 Share Now -
