“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.”
Love
“He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.”
ImaginationAll Quotes by Washington Irving
“He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.”
Imagination“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.”
Love“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.”
Good“The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.”
Sympathy“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.”
Great“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
Friendship“One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.”
Learning“Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”
Age“A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.”
History“Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.”
Society“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.”
Women“Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.”
Home“Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.”
Marriage“There is 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.”
Change“A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.”
Smile“After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.”
Beauty“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.”
Love“Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.”
Business“Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.”
Hope