When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism.