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. Washington Irving Read Quote
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man – the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse – the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end. Washington Irving Read Quote
Whenever a man’s friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. Washington Irving Read Quote
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. Washington Irving Read Quote
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. Washington Irving Read Quote
After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty. Washington Irving Read Quote
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. Washington Irving Read Quote
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. Washington Irving Read Quote
There is in every woman’s heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Washington Irving Read Quote
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. Washington Irving Read Quote
