Washington Irving ( 10 of 29 )
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found read more
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently read more
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 messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above read more
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found read more
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that ;it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by read more
Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface.
Free livers on a small scale; who are prodigal within the compass
of a guinea.
Free livers on a small scale; who are prodigal within the compass
of a guinea.
