“You are my personal friend. Let me assure you of my esteem, consideration and bond.”

“Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.”

“My friends call me by my name."
"You don't have any friends."
"I don't want you to be my friend, Selia, or my servant, not now. I thought you were both. You have let me know I was wrong. So are you to treat me so. You are wrong.”

“I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober.”

“I wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story.”

“You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least.”

“I assure you, that this inestimable memento of his Excellency will be retained in my possession while I live — an object of sacred interest — a token not merely of the kind consideration in which I have reason to know that the President was pleased to hold me personally, but as an indication of his humane interest in the welfare of my whole race.”

“It is from my own personal experiences and contacts that I make these assertions. But I am not asking you to believe me. I am simply presenting my information to you for your consideration.”

“Do not let your anger misguide you, my friend.”

“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”