“The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.”
Sympathy
“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.”
GoodAll Quotes by Washington Irving
“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.”
Women“He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.”
Imagination“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“A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.”
History“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”
Age“A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.”
Smile“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.”
Great“Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.”
Marriage“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.”
Love“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“Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.”
Home“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“Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.”
Age“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
Friendship“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”
Christmas“One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.”
Learning“There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.”
Jealousy“Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.”
Business“The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.”
War