Out of politics comes more uproar than progress. It is indeed surprising how little, comparatively, this noisy department of human affairs contributes to the world's prosperity. Political commotions upon the grandest scale, political events of astounding suddenness, political characters of the greatest ability, abound, but still, permanent results are rare, and we look in vain for a measure of public good corresponding in extent to the hideous rout which ushers it in. Progress but turns upon its pillow, and goes to sleep again.
Christian Nestell BoveeCommon sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
Christian Nestell BoveeWhat is taken from the fortune, also, may haply be so much lifted from the soul. The greatness of a loss, as the proverb suggests, is determinable, not so much by what we have lost, as by what we have left.
Christian Nestell BoveeDiscretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
Christian Nestell Bovee