Daniel Boone

“Many heroic actions and chivalrous adventures are related of me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man.”

“Let the girls be sheep, and the boys be deer.”

“All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.”

“May the heavens be my dog bed tonight.”

“My footsteps have often been marked with blood.”

“A zeal for the defence of their country pervaids all ranks of men and even penetrates into the female heart...”

“I can't say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.”

“Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.”

“The religion I have is to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can... and trust on God's mercy for the rest.”

“I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.”