Quotes by Washington Irving

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position, and be bruised in a new place.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.