"If a man were to read a book on the cultivation of fruit trees, and then attempt to practice it without having seen a single tree, he would not be more unsuccessful than those who attempt to philosoph…"

"The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party of Fuegians on a wild and broken shore will never be forgotten by me, for the reflection at once rushed into my mind—such were our ancestors."

"It is always best to be a little under rather than over the mark."

"I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one."

"We are like a judge who has to sum up and deliver judgment, not on the evidence of witnesses, but on the arguments of counsel."