Happy Birthday Washington Irving!

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

They who drink beer will think beer.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. 

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

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 in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.