He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. – Washington Irving
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. – 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