The very best place to be in all the world is St. Mary's parish, Jamaica. And the best spot in St. Mary's is Port Maria, though all of St. Mary's is fine. Old Maker put himself to a lot of trouble to make that part of the island of Jamaica, for everything there is perfect.

For four hundred years the blacks of Haiti had yearned for peace. for three hundred years the island was spoken of as a paradise of riches and pleasures, but that was in reference to the whites to whom the spirit of the land gave welcome. Haiti has meant split blood and tears for blacks.

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

An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.

The game of keeping what one has is never so exciting as the game of getting.

Lack of power and opportunity passes off too often for virtue.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.