The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature.

Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of men, as I have constantly observed in all my travels.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view.

Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.

Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned.

Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes.

It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border.

The truth is I do love you. Admitting that means opening myself up to all that pain when you leave. After you realize this wasn’t love, but gratitude.

Unwavering incremental change can create remarkable and monumental results.

I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.

The reason fiber helps us control our weight is that it fills the belly yet yields few calories since fiber is, for the most part, not something that we can digest.

The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.

Aggressiveness is the principal guarantor of survival.

Are you better off today than you were four years ago?

David knew everyone because he's such a social butterfly.