There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. – Washington Irving
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. – Washington Irving
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother’s love endures through all. – Washington Irving