Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

At 50, if you are on a diet on your birthday, you can't eat a piece of your birthday cake. So grab two, a piece in each hand and, lo and behold, you will be on a balanced diet! Happy birthday, old chum!

I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.

Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

I cannot bring myself to believe that any human being lives who would do me any harm.

The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.