Quotes by Johann David Wyss

"It was one of those happy days that God grants us sometimes on earth to give us an idea of the bliss of heaven."

"I shall be satisfied if young people who read this record of our lives and adventures should learn from it how admirably suited is the peaceful, industrious life of a cheerful and united family to the formation of strong, pure, and manly character."

"The monkeys seized all the cocoanuts within their reach and sent them down upon us"