To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art.

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.

Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.