Christian Nestell Bovee

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. ”

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

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity. ”

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers. ”

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

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. ”

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. ”

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better. ”

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly. ”

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. ”