He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. – Washington Irving
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. – Washington Irving
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. – Washington Irving
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather. – Washington Irving
It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls. – George Bernard Shaw