The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid rich and fanciful.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Some fellows pay a compliment like they expected a receipt.

As you make a prototype, assume you are right and everyone else is wrong. When you share your prototype, assume you are wrong and everyone else is right.

Once anyone who has a sense of humor can do what they want, they want to do funny bits as much as possible.

Unity should be the cornerstone of relations

Hell is having no option but the wrong one.

No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover.

Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.

The essence of being a gentleman is to understand the way you're supposed to treat a respectable woman.

I myself think that to have a cat is more important than to have a Bible.

He's the funniest, smartest person I know. It doesn't mean he doesn't bug me and I'm sure I bug him sometimes.