Taint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it aint in 'im.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Tell me, and then again show me, so I can know.

Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey's back.

I was born in a Negro town.

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

She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.