Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

You have two choices, write about something of significance or do something someone wants to write about.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.