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

All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creators power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.

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

To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.

If only the bird with the loveliest song sang, the forest would be a lonely place.

I purchased excellent and beautiful horses, visited all such neighbors as I found in congenial spirits, and was as happy as happy could be.

I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.