I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration
Washington Irving quote Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart
Washington Irving quote Young lawyers attend the courts not because they have business there but because they have no business anywhere else.
Washington Irving 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 quote Here's to your good health, and your family's good health, and may you all live long and prosper
Washington Irving quote There was one species of despotism under which he had long groaned, and that was petticoat government
Washington Irving quote 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.
Washington Irving quote His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities
Washington Irving quote Biography
American short story writer, 1783 - 1859
