"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."

"I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come."

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

"Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it."

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

"Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention."

"I have learned that the less I pay attention, the more often I am pleasantly suprised."

"I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of."

"I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite gooda€|Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder."

"'How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"

"The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later."

"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them."