Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length we cannot wonder even at a miracle.
Washington IrvingIt is the divine attribute of the imagination, that it is irrepressible, unconfinable; that when the real world is shut out, it can create a world for itself, and with a necromantic power can conjure up glorious shapes and forms, and brilliant visions to make solitude populous, and irradiate the gloom of a dungeon.
Washington IrvingI value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
Washington IrvingThose men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
Washington Irving