Christian Nestell Bovee

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us. ”

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds. ”

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

The great artist is a slave to his ideals. ”

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. ”

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it. ”

Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave. ”

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. ”

Our first and last love is self-love. ”

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. ”