want won't kill you half as quick as worry will.

I been through living for years. I just ain't dead yet.

Such as I am, I am a precious gift.

God took pattern after a pine tree and built you noble.

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background........Beside the waters of the Hudson" I feel my race. Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and overswept, but through it all, I remain myself. When covered by the waters, I am; and the ebb but reveals me again." How It Feels to Be Colored Me

The liquor of statecraft is distilled from the mash you got.