It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.
Abraham LincolnThe time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
Abraham LincolnA child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands.
Abraham LincolnIf this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
Abraham LincolnMuch is being said about peace; and no man desires peace more ardently than I. Still I am yet unprepared to give up the Union fora peace which, so achieved, could not be of much duration.
Abraham LincolnEvery man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The latter performs a little imperfectly, looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself exceedingly tired. The little he has done, comes to nothing, for want of finishing.
Abraham Lincoln