If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.
The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.
To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.
I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it.
Memories are not shackles, Franklin, they are garlands.
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.
Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your ownAnd you watch them build the war machine right beside your homeAnd you tell me that you're ready to go marchin' to the warI know you're set for fighting, but what are you fighting for?