What would human life be without forests, those natural cities?

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

The little things in life are as interesting as the big ones.

That Cabot merely landed on the uninhabitable shore of Labrador gave the English no just title to New England, or to the United States generally, any more than to Patagonia.

To see wild life you must go forth at wild season.

Some hard and dry book in a dead language, which you have found it impossible to read at home, but for which you still have a lingering regard, is the best to carry with you on a journey.

The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.