Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. – Washington Irving
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them. – Washington Irving

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. – Washington Irving
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them. – Washington Irving
The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. – Washington Irving
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