A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people."

"A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him."

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will . . .

"Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers."

"A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me."