More From Washington Irving
- "The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem."
- "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."
- "He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart."
More In Age
- "I love fashion, but I don’t come from a background of loving clothes, and I remember feeling badly dressed from a young age."― Jenny Eclair
- "I want to live to be 120. That’s when I will start worrying about my age."― Helena Christensen
- "Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera."― Mason Cooley