One point is certain, that truth is one and immutable; until the jurors all agree, they cannot all be right. Washington Irving More Quotes by Washington Irving More Quotes From Washington Irving The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. Washington Irving family mom mother The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Washington Irving mourning affliction sorrow It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tendered kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Washington Irving autumn sky ideas No man knows what the wife of his bosom is until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of this world. Washington Irving marriage wife men Christmas is here, Merry old Christmas, Gift-bearing Christmas, Day of grand memories, King of the year! Washington Irving christmas kings memories I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them. Washington Irving blessing heaven thinking The moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; the dreary hooting of the screechowl. Washington Irving toads storm tree No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing. Washington Irving idlers sloth men I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. Washington Irving parent home feelings The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil. Washington Irving englishmen neglect evil There is a sacredness in tears Washington Irving sacredness tears He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them. Washington Irving men ideas thinking Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a ray of brightness over everything; it is the sweetener of toil and the soother of disquietude! Washington Irving brightness toil rays Speculation is the romance of trade, and casts contempt upon on all its sober realities. It renders the stock-jobber a magician, and the exchange a region of enchantment. Washington Irving romance business reality In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow-men, he is constantly acting a studied part. The bold and peculiar traits of native character are refined away or softened down by the levelling influence of what is termed good-breeding, and he practises so many petty deceptions and affects so many generous sentiments for the purposes of popularity that it is difficult to distinguish his real from his artificial character. Washington Irving real character men Those who are well assured of their own standing are least apt to trespass on that of others, whereas nothing is so offensive as the aspirings of vulgarity which thinks to elevate itself by humiliating its neighbor. Washington Irving reputation wells standing There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor. Washington Irving comedy play character To occupy an inch of dusty shelf-to have the title of their works read now and then in a future age by some drowsy churchman or casual straggler, and in another age to be lost, even to remembrance. Such is the amount of boasted immortality. Washington Irving titles remembrance age The paternal hearth, the rallying-place of the affections. Washington Irving rallying affection home Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple-pies, or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears; but it was always sure to boast an enormous dish of balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts, or olykoeks - a delicious kind of cake, at present scarce known in this city, except in genuine Dutch families. Washington Irving apples pie food
