In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.
Christian Nestell BoveeWeakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,--like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
Christian Nestell BoveeIn politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
Christian Nestell Bovee