In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
It isn't how you die. It's what you live for.
Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.
One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.
I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.