327 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less

The method of the critic is to balance praises with censure, and thus to do justice to the subject and--his own discrimination.

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

A book should be luminous not voluminous.

Perhaps the heroic element in our natures is exhibited to the best advantage, not in going from success to success, and so on through a series of triumphs, but in gathering, on the very field of defeat itself, the materials for renewed efforts, and in proceeding, with no abatement of heart or energy, to form fresh designs upon the very ruins and ashes of blasted hopes. Yes, it is this indomitable persistence in a purpose, continued alike through defeat and success, that makes, more than aught else, the hero.

We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.