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

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it"

"There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves"

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them"

"Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one"

"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves"

"Every disadvantage has its advantage"

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances"

"One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening"

"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage"