Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Slaves

Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free;
They touch our country, and their shackles fall.Cowper.

There is a period in which the tamest slaves rise into fury and revenge.Gibbon.

We ought not to forget that our slaves are our fellowmen.Cato.