As I came home through the woods with my string of fish, trailing my pole, it being now quite dark, I caught a glimpse of a woodchuck stealing across my path, and felt a strange thrill of savage delight, and was strongly tempted to seize and devour him raw; not that I was hungry then, except for that wildness which he represented.

Even in civilized communities, the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of development.

I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself.

It is remarkable how many creatures live wild and free though secret in the woods.

Christ is the prince of Reformers and Radicals.

There never is but one opportunity of a kind.

Any sincere thought is irresistible.