“It was the afternoon of the day and the afternoon of his life, and his course was now westward down all the mountains into the sunset. [speaking about Ralph Waldo Emerson]”

“He had gone to the higher Sierras... [about Ralph Waldo Emerson's death]”

“One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.”

“C. albus...I think the very loveliest of all the lily family,- a spotless soul, plant saint, that every one must love and so be made better. It puts the wildest mountaineer on his good behavior. With this plant the whole world would seem rich though non other existed.”

“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.”

“Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing”

“This time it is real — all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!”