Rivers must have been the guides which conducted the footsteps of the first travelers. They are the constant lure, when they flow by our doors, to distant enterprise and adventure, and, by a natural impulse, the dwellers on their banks will at length accompany their currents to the lowlands of the globe, or explore at their invitation the interior of continents.

It is said that some Western steamers can run on a heavy dew, whence we can imagine what a canoe may do.

Probably if our lives were more conformed to nature, we should not need to defend ourselves against her heats and colds, but findher our constant nurse and friend, as do plants and quadrupeds.

The bad are frequently good enough to let you see how bad they are, but the good as frequently endeavor to get between you and themselves.

I would stand upon facts.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference.