A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kaffir.

I shall despair when I despair of myself, of God and humanity.

The privilege of resisting or disobeying a particular law or order accrues only to him who gives willing and unswerving obedience to the laws laid down for him.

When you are right,you have no need to be angry. When you are wrong, you have no right to be angry.

A born democrat is a born disciplinarian.

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.