In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.

I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for a man who isn't sometimes afraid. Fear's the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.

I've opened the way for others to make fortunes, but a fortune for myself was not what I was after.

I was never lost in the woods in my whole life, though once I was confused for three days.

Fear is the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.