“Aurora hail, and all the thousand dies, Which deck thy progress through the vaulted skies: The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays, On ev’ry leaf the gentle zephyr plays; Harmonious lays the feather’d race resume, Dart the bright eye, and shake the painted plume.”

Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, /May be refin’d and join th’ angelic train.

Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.

Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.

The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.

Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.

In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.

May be refined, and join the angelic train.

Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin’d, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.

He wears a smile as bright as the heaven he fell from.

He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

Brightest truth, purest trust in the universe, all were for me, in the kiss of one girl.

Never be the brightest person in the room.

For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,And by eternall doome of Fate’s decree,Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.

Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near.

We were language’s magpies by nature, stealing whatever sounded bright and shiny.