The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.
Christian Nestell BoveeA mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed his cheek, or silvered his brow, who can yet recall, with a softened heart, the fond devotion, or the gentle chidings, of the best friend that God gives us.
Christian Nestell Bovee