So far as I ever observed God's dealings with my soul, the flights of preachers sometimes entertained me, but it was Scripture expressions which did penetrate my heart, and in a way peculiar to themselves.

I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose.

The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.

I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone.

There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race.