Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.

Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!

It has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public.

Credit leads a man into temptation. Cash down is the only thing that will deliver him from evil.

At such times, the heart of man turns instictively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him afraid, he remembers Him not, and is ready to defy Him; but place him in the midst of dangers, cut him off from human aid, let the grave open before him, then it is, in the time of his tribulation, that the scoffer and unbelieving man turns to God for help, feeling there is no other hope, or refuge, or safety, save in his protecting arm.

Is everything right because the law allows it?