“Life is sweet, even to the aged; and, for that matter, I've known some that seemed to set much store by it… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“The woods are but the ears of the Almighty, the air is his breath, and the light of the sun is little… — James Fenimore Cooper Breath Copy Share Image
“I want no thunder or lightning to remind me of my God, nor am I as apt to bethink on most of… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will… — James Fenimore Cooper Adventure Copy Share Image
“The air, the water, and the ground are free gifts to man, and no one has the power to portion them out… — James Fenimore Cooper Breath Copy Share Image
“I have passed days thinking of these matters, out in the silent woods, and I have come to the opinion, boy, that… — James Fenimore Cooper Inspirational quote Copy Share Image
I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are… — James Fenimore Cooper Abstract Copy Share Image
“I look upon the redmen to be quite as human as we are ourselves, Hurry. They have their gifts, and their religion,… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect… — James Fenimore Cooper Acquisitions Copy Share Image
“Who have we here? some amateur in fights! an inquisitive, wonder- seeking non-combatant, who has volunteered to serve his king, and perhaps… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
Paris enjoys a high reputation for the style of its public edifices, and, while there is a very great deal to condemn,… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“Your young white, who gathers his learning from books and can measure what he knows by the page, may conceit that his… — James Fenimore Cooper Books Copy Share Image
“...any eye at all practiced in the signs of a frontier warfare, might easily have traced all those unerring evidences of the… — James Fenimore Cooper War Copy Share Image
The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe… — James Fenimore Cooper Adventure Copy Share Image
