Christian Nestell Bovee

“Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.”

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

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”

“They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.”

“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.”

“Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.”

“Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.”

“When all else is lost, the future still remains.”

“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.”

“Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.”

“Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.”

“We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.”

“In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.”

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