Occupation: Author Birth: October 22, 1734 Death: September 26, 1820
A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warri….
I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences..
Fear is the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead..
Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great libertie….
I'm going now. My time has come..
Having an exciting destination is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point - its ideal. And it will fait….
Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second parad….
I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for a man who isn't sometimes afraid. Fear's the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead..
Thus we behold Kentucky, lately an howling wilderness, the habitation of savages and wild beasts, become a fruitful field; this region, so favourably….
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks..
One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy an….
The religion I have to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can, do as little harm as I can ….
I was never lost in the woods in my whole life, though once I was confused for three days..
I've never been lost, but I've been a mite bewildered for a few days..
No, I never did get lost, but I was bewildered for three days once..
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but….
Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections. Let these influencing powers actuate, by….
Have I made my peace with God? I didn't know we'd quarreled!.
I've opened the way for others to make fortunes, but a fortune for myself was not what I was after..
Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight..
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife..