Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Boveewas an epigrammatic New York writer. He was born in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
respect men forfeit
Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.
differences quarrels over-it
The less the difference, the greater the quarrel over it.
ambition heart empires
Neither love nor ambition, as it has often been shown, can brook a division of its empire in the heart.
heart riches pockets
The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
heart riches devotion
An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
states felicity stagnation
Repose without stagnation is the state most favorable to happiness. "The great felicity of life," says Seneca, "is to be without perturbations.
feelings religion matter
Genuine religion is matter of feeling rather than matter of opinion.
ideas progress endless
Intellectually, as politically, the direction of all true progress is towards greater freedom, and along an endless succession of ideas.
journey
Tis but a short journey across the isthmus of Now.
anxiety world other-half
The extent of poverty in the world is much exaggerated. Our sensitiveness makes half our poverty; our fears--anxieties for ills that never happen--a greater part of the other half.
anticipation trouble
Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
beauty delight mortals
Mortal beauty stings while it delights.
disappointment party earth
A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party, but refreshes and enriches the earth.
five-senses importance duty
Besides the five senses, there is a sixth sense, of equal importance--the sense of duty.