 There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it. |
| As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs. |
| The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice. |
| My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her. |
| Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways. |
| When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make. |
| In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms. |
| Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. |
| I believe it to be a fact that the colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them. |
| I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely. |
| As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat. |
