“The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.Christian Nestell Bovee
“Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.Christian Nestell Bovee
“Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.Christian Nestell Bovee
“To quote copiously and well, requires taste, judgment, and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound.Christian Nestell Bovee
“They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.Christian Nestell Bovee