Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. – Washington Irving
The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. – 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
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. – Washington Irving