Quotes By Author

Quotations By Washington Irving

Affection

A woman's life is a history of the affections.

Change

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.

Kindness

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

Marriage

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

Mother

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.

Travel

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in travelling in a stage-coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place.

Women

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.