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.

No man ever got lost on a straight road.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.