I've opened the way for others to make fortunes, but a fortune for myself was not what I was after.
Daniel BooneNothing embitters my old age [like] the circulation of absurd stories that I retire as civilization advances, that I shun the white men and seek the Indians, and that now even when old, I seek to retire beyond the second Alleganies.
Daniel BooneAll you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.
Daniel BooneCuriosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections. Let these influencing powers actuate, by the permission or disposal of Providence, from selfish or social views, yet in time the mysterious will of Heaven is unfolded, and we behold our conduct, from whatever motives excited, operating to answer the important designs of heaven.
Daniel BooneI can't say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
Daniel Boone