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

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

During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.

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

There is but one kind of love; God is love, and all his creatures derive theirs from his; only it is modified by the different degrees of intelligence in different beings and creatures.

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

The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would induce man to venture into. Where can I now go and find nature undisturbed?