On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

A lawyer's time and advice are his(her) stock in trade.

The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.

When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.

I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim "a self evident lie" The fourth of July has not quite dwindled away; it is still a great day-for burning fire-crackers!!!