"Now the drummers did not rush out to grab Chaney or shoot him but instead scattered like poultry while Chaney took my…"

"I have since learned that Judge Isaac Parker watched all his hangings from an upper window in the Courthouse. I suppo…"

"I have never been one to flinch or crawfish when faced with an unpleasant task."

"I have known some horses and a good many more pigs who I believe harbored evil intent in their hearts. I will go furt…"

"We must each of us bear our own misfortunes."

"You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You can…"

"I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains."

"If in four months I could not find Tom Chaney with a mark on his face like banished Cain I would not undertake to adv…"

"If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time."

"People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge …"