Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys. Christian Nestell Bovee Read Quote
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. Christian Nestell Bovee Read Quote
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it. Christian Nestell Bovee Read Quote
Tears are nature’s lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. Christian Nestell Bovee Read Quote
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. Christian Nestell Bovee Read Quote
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough. Christian Nestell Bovee Read Quote
Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. Christian Nestell Bovee Read Quote
