272 Quotes by Washington Irving

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.

A father may turn his back on his child, but a mother’s love endures through all.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

The almighty dollar, the great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages.

The slanders of the pen pierce to the heart; they rankle longest in the noblest spirits; they dwell ever present in the mind and render it morbidly sensitive to the most trifling collision.