“There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.”
Jealousy
“Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.”
AgeAll Quotes by Washington Irving
“Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.”
Age“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“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”
Christmas“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“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“He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.”
Imagination“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“The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.”
Sympathy“Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.”
Marriage“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.”
Humor“Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.”
Home“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“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.”
Great“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.”
Love“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“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“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.”
Women