Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.

Don't just sit there and worry. Be proactive. Do something - anything - about what's worrying you so you can gain information, focus and control over the situation. I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.

Just because you’re taught that something’s right and everyone believes it’s right, it don’t make it right.

The machine has several virtues... One may lean back in his chair and work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around.

To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.

We regret the things we don't do more than the things we do.