In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
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.
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.
Heaven must be a Kentucky kind of place.
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.