Our first and last love is... self-love. - Christian Nevell Bovee. View more images...

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. - Christian Nevell Bovee. View more images...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life, is that between forty and sixty. - Christian Nevell Bovee. View more images...

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance. - Christian Nevell Bovee. View more images...