Clergyman's

“Tearless grief bleeds inwardly”
— Christian Nestell Bovee

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

“Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

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

“We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“Tears are nature’s lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

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

“When all else is lost, the future still remains.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“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.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another’s wit.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee

“There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.”
– Christian Nestell Bovee