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
Christian Nestell Bovee quotes about
honesty people faults
Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.
courtesy courtesy-manners greater
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
respect men forfeit
Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.
responsibility men important
In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less
anticipation trouble
Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
beauty delight mortals
Mortal beauty stings while it delights.
nature way action
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
nature character men
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
writing suffering world
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
years cheerful goodness
The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
kindness children flower
Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
happiness insecure age
Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life, is that between forty and sixty.
humility proud would-be
Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were.
pain light giving
Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it gives endurance, overcomes pain, strengthens weakness, braves dangers, sustains hope, makes light of difficulties, and lessens the sense of weariness in overcoming them.