Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

Quote by Christian Nevell Bovee

Topics: Heaven Quotes

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

Books are embalmed minds.

Books are embalmed minds.

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to...

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to...

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a...

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a...

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to...

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to...

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness;...

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness;...

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for...

Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for...

Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness

Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared,...

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared,...

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Our first and last love is... self-love.

Our first and last love is... self-love.

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only...

Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only...

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up...

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up...

Love makes the wildest spirit tame, and the tamest spirit wild.

Love makes the wildest spirit tame, and the tamest spirit wild.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions