For what is history, but... huge libel on human nature, to which we industriously add page after page, volume after volume, as if we were holding up a monument to the honor, rather than the infamy of our species.
Washington IrvingI have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes.
Washington IrvingThere is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.
Washington IrvingA kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
Washington IrvingI was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began my travels, and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of my native city, to the frequent alarm of my parents, and the emolument of the town-crier.
Washington Irving