There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have his strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. He who plants a tree looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing could be less selfish than this.
Washington IrvingOthers may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.
Washington IrvingChristmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Washington IrvingWashington, in fact, had very little private life, but was eminently a public character.
Washington IrvingAfter all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.
Washington Irving