Top 42 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

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.