No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. Christian Nestell Bovee
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. Christian Nestell Bovee
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. Christian Nestell Bovee
Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them. Christian Nestell Bovee
Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having. Christian Nestell Bovee
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough. 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
To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgement and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound. Christian Nestell Bovee
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. Christian Nestell Bovee