The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.

Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.

I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe in that He ought to be whipped from pilar to post and back again for His shameful actions toward Humanity.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick, their memory as strong, and their docility in every respect equal to that of white children.