A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.

The challenge is in identifying the cause. The effect identifies itself.

Bad results are the symptoms not the causes.

Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers.

Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. . . . The resistance encountered now predicates hope. . . . Only as we rise . . . do we encounter opposition.

It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the trifling causes that led to great events.