Washington Irving

"There is a certain magic in sleep and dreams that prepares you for the challenges of real life."

"The mind always makes progress, even when the body stands still."

"Love is the great beautifier of the world."

"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes."

"There is nothing so necessary as to become acquainted with ourselves."

"Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician."

"The best medicine for the body is a calm and happy mind."

"Truth is like a torch, the more it is shook the more it shines."

"We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us."

"Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals."

"The heart of a true patriot is a home."

"Nature never wears the same expression twice."

"A person is never too old to learn."

"The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable."

"Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

"Sweet are the pleasures that to duty join."

"He who travels into a country before he has studied it, is in a state of mental confusion."

"The almighty dollar is the only object of worship."

"Honest heart can never come to shame or sorrow."

"There is a serene beauty in old friendship."

"Hope is the nurse of young desires and golden expectations."

"The world is indeed a strange and bewildering place."

"Art when really understood is the appreciation of beauty."

"The happiest heart that ever beat was in some quiet breast that found the common daylight soothing."

"A woman is the sun of our social system; let her cool and the system stops."

"Some kinds of striving are good and necessary to life."

"Every excess causes a defect; every defect an excess."

"The great maxim to observe in all human dealings is that honesty is the best policy."

"Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection."

"There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable."