Abraham Lincoln

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Abraham Lincoln, in Work and Recreation

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

Abraham Lincoln, in Law and Politics and Vice and Virtue

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Abraham Lincoln, in Vice and Virtue

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln, in Vice and Virtue

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Abraham Lincoln, in Altruism and Cynicism

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln, in Life and Death

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.

Abraham Lincoln, in Law and Politics