"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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Washington Irving Quotes


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

“A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.” ~Washington Irving

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." ~Washington Irving

“A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.” ~Washington Irving

"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it." ~Washington Irving

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"Happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)

"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." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)

"It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)

"Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart." ~Washington Irving

"One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)

"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 (1783-1859)

"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 (1783-1859)

"The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind." ~Washington Irving

"There is a sacredneess in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love." ~Washington Irving

“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

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