With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
Abraham LincolnYou already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.
Abraham LincolnThe prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for himself; then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This, say its advocates, is free labor-the just and generous, and prosperous system, which opens the way for all-gives hope to all, and energy, and progress, and improvement of condition to all.
Abraham Lincoln