If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.
Abraham LincolnI am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better, it appears to me.
Abraham LincolnGratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription may be in modest terms, not representing me as a man of great learning, or a very extraordinary one in any respect.
Abraham LincolnAny society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.
Abraham Lincoln