We must love our friend so much that she shall be associated with our purest and holiest thoughts alone.

There have been some nations who could do nothing but construct tombs, and these are the only traces which they have left. They are the heathen.

Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind.

I was daily intoxicated, yet no man could call me intemperate.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

I would not have any one adopt my mode of living on any account.

The most domestic cat, which has lain on a rug all her days, appears quite at home in the woods, and, by her sly and stealthy behavior, proves herself more native there than the regular inhabitants.