Christian Nestell Bovee Quote

Christian Nestell Bovee

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Christian Nestell Bovee

The better part of valour is discretion.

William Shakespeare

Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end.

Leon Gambetta

Let your own discretion be your tutor suit the action to the word the word to the action.

William Shakespeare

Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

Sir Francis Bacon

Christian Nestell Bovee (February 22, 1820 – January 18, 1904) was an epigrammatic New York City writer.