327 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed his cheek, or silvered his brow, who can yet recall, with a softened heart, the fond devotion, or the gentle chidings, of the best friend that God gives us.

Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best]

Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.

The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.

It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.

To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.

Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.

Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness, it is greatness itself.