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

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

Is everything right because the law allows it?

There have been hours in my unhappy life, many of them, when the contemplation of death as the end of earthly sorrow - of the grave as a resting place for the tired and worn out body - has been pleasant to dwell upon.

What difference is there in the color of the soul?

There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in the bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.

Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is a matter of particular importance to the Negro jockey.