Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. — Christian Nestell Bovee
In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Earth took her shining station as a star, in heaven’s dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong — Christian Nestell Bovee
Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. — Christian Nestell Bovee
False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine — Christian Nestell Bovee
In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. — Christian Nestell Bovee
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. — Christian Nestell Bovee
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it. — Christian Nestell Bovee
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination. — Christian Nestell Bovee
They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys. — Christian Nestell Bovee
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. — Christian Nestell Bovee
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name — Christian Nestell Bovee
Tears are nature’s lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. — Christian Nestell Bovee
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. — Christian Nestell Bovee
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee