My Luck At The Gambling Table Was

Make Yourself As Happy As Possible, And Try To Make Those Happy Whose Lives Come In Touch With Yours. But To Attempt To Right The Wrongs And Cease The Sufferings Of The World In General Is A Waste Of Effort.

The Colored People Of This Country Know And Understand The White People Better Than The White People Know And Understand Them.

This Country Can Have No More Democracy Than It Accords And Guarantees To The Humblest And Weakest Citizen.

It Is From The Blues That All That May Be Called American Music Derives It Most Distinctive Characteristics.

My Luck At The Gambling Table Was Varied; Sometimes I Was Fifty To A Hundred Dollars Ahead, And At Other Times I Had To Borrow Money From My Fellow Workmen To Settle My Room Rent And Pay For My Meals.