What difference is there in the color of the soul?

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

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

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.

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.

My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

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