There was something refreshingly and wildly musical to my ears in the very name of the white man's canoe, reminding me of Charlevoix and Canadian Voyageurs. The batteau is a sort of mongrel between the canoe and the boat, a fur-trader's boat.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.

Good religious men, with the love of men in their hearts, and the means to pay their toll in their pockets.

Work your vein till it is exhausted, or conducts you to a broader one.