Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest — Christian Nestell Bovee
Beauty can afford to laugh at distinctions: it is itself the greatest distinction. — Christian Nestell Bovee
By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water — Christian Nestell Bovee
It is invidious to distinguish particular men as adventurers: we are all such. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely — Christian Nestell Bovee
Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to — Christian Nestell Bovee
Very handsome women have usually far less sensibility to compliments than their — Christian Nestell Bovee
The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness — Christian Nestell Bovee
To quote copiously and well, requires taste, judgment, and erudition, a feeling — Christian Nestell Bovee
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity. — Christian Nestell Bovee
There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it. — Christian Nestell Bovee