Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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He has but one great fear that fears to do wrong.
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The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only 'the first step toward greatness,' - it is greatness itself.
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Melancholy sees the worst of things,-things as they may be, and not as they are. It looks upon a beautiful face, and sees but a grinning skull.
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Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.
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Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
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Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.
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Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection,-these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.
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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
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Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
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As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
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What a man knows should find its expression in what he does. The value of superior knowledge is chiefly in that it leads to a performing manhood.