Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. – Washington Irving
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. – Washington Irving
The great British Library — one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought. – Washington Irving
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving