“ The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open… Washington Irving
“ Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Washington Irving
“ Here's to your good health and your family's good health and may you all live long and prosper. Washington Irving
“ How easy is it for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him, and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles. Washington Irving
“ A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Washington Irving
“ There is, perhaps, no class of men on the face of the earth, says Captain Bonneville, who lead a life of more continued exertion, peril, and excitement, and who are more enamored of their occupations,… Washington Irving
“ To the traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical and poetical, so inseparately interwined in the annals of romantic Spain, the Alhambra is a much an object of devotion as is the Caaba to all… Washington Irving
“ Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. Washington Irving
“ Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. Washington Irving
“ He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. Washington Irving
“ Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. Washington Irving
“ Con tal disposición y determinación, ¡qué país es éste para el viajero, donde la más mísera posada está tan llena de aventuras como un castillo encantado y cada comida es en sí un logro! ¡Que se queje… Washington Irving
“ Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them. Washington Irving
“ Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. Washington Irving
“ 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
“ 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. Washington Irving
