A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. – 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
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. – Washington Irving
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. – Washington Irving
Study after study confirms that even when you control for variables like profession, education, hours worked, age, marital status, and children, men still are compensated substantially more – even in professions, like nursing, dominated by women. No wonder theres a gender gap. – Dee Dee Myers