In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

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

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

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.

Mathematics was hard, dull work, I thought; geography pleased me more. For my other studies, as well as for dancing, I was quite enthusiastic.

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

I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.