Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us and approximate to

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Author: Christian Nestell Bovee

Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Courage enlarges cowardice, diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.