We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

One and God make a majority.

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.