As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
Christian Nestell BoveeWoman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers; but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it.
Christian Nestell BoveeHe presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself. The judicious quoter, too, helps on what is much needed in the world, a freer circulation of good thoughts, pure feelings, and pleasant fancies.
Christian Nestell BoveeThere is no sense of weariness like that which closes in a day of eager and unintermittent pursuit of pleasure. The apple is eaten, but "the core sticks in the throat." Expectation has then given way to ennui, appetite to satiety.
Christian Nestell Bovee