Quotes from Washington Irving

A woman's life is a history of the affections.

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.

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.

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.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!

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

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