The Pioneers Quotes

“Our orthodox friends need not be told that all merit in this world is comparative; and once for all, we desire to say that where anything which involves qualities or character is asserted, we must be understood to mean "under the circumstances.”
― James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers

“...that dog is more to be trusted than many a Christian man; for he never forgets a friend, and loves the hand that gives him bread.”
― James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers

“Hardship! ‘tis a pleasure, children, and the greatest that is left me on this side the grave.”
― James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers