How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave interest to the past; and each age is a volume thrown aside and forgotten.
Washington IrvingA woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.
Washington IrvingThere is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart
Washington Irving