"When I hear somebody cussing me now, I never turn my head to see who is talking."

"If he has deserved no kindness, but just the opposite, because he has maddened you with his injuries and insults, eve…"

"mere insult or affront to plaintiff's dignity not qualifying as defamatory"

"Many people get a sense of savage satisfaction out of denouncing those who are better educated than they are or more …"

"I discovered years ago that although I couldn't keep people from criticizing me unjustly, I could do something infini…"

"I am the insulted one, therefore I have the choice of weapons. I choose the sword."

"Why tarry ye, then, to repair so many wrongs, to avenge so many insults?"

"I must bear with their violence and outrageous insults and villanous misdeeds; but, please God, they will get weak an…"

"No one ever kicks a dead dog."

"If you get your head above the crowd, you're going to be criticized. So get used to the idea."