Melancholy sees the worst of things, things as they may be, and not as they are. It looks upon a beautiful face,… — Christian Nestell Bovee Beautiful Copy Share Image
Motives are better than actions. Men drift into crime. Of evil they do more than they contemplate, and of good they contemplate… — Christian Nestell Bovee Action Copy Share Image
An ambition to excel in petty things obstructs the progress to nobler aims. — Christian Nestell Bovee Aim Copy Share Image
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee Brave Copy Share Image
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. — Christian Nestell Bovee Courtesy Copy Share Image
Talk less about the years to come, Live, love labor more today. — Christian Nestell Bovee Labor Copy Share Image
The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt. — Christian Nestell Bovee Beloved Copy Share Image
Our opinions partake, more or less, of the prejudices of our class, party, or sect. We are all largely pledged, through interest,… — Christian Nestell Bovee Advancement Copy Share Image
The very cunning conceal their cunning; the indifferently shrewd boast of it. — Christian Nestell Bovee Boast Copy Share Image
None but those who have loved can be supposed to understand the oratory of the eye, the mute eloquence of a look,… — Christian Nestell Bovee Eloquence Copy Share Image
Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent for temporary advantages. — Christian Nestell Bovee Advantage Copy Share Image
There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.(Bonald, M.} There are… — Christian Nestell Bovee Alone time Copy Share Image
However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as… — Christian Nestell Bovee Acts of heroism Copy Share Image
Give me the character and I will forecast the event. — Christian Nestell Bovee Character Copy Share Image
“To cultivate a garden is to walk with God, to go hand in hand with nature in some of her most beautiful… — Christian Nestell Bovee Garden Copy Share Image
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ. — Christian Nestell Bovee Character Copy Share Image
Wit must be without effort. Wit is play, not work; a nimbleness of the fancy, not a laborious effort of the will;… — Christian Nestell Bovee Carnivals Copy Share Image
Beauty can afford to laugh at distinctions: it is itself the greatest distinction. — Christian Nestell Bovee Beauty Copy Share Image
In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less — Christian Nestell Bovee Dignity Copy Share Image
The less the difference, the greater the quarrel over it. — Christian Nestell Bovee Differences Copy Share Image
One must have been, at some time or other, in a situation where a small sum was as necessary almost as life… — Christian Nestell Bovee Ability Copy Share Image
