I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I dont believe in a law to pre….

Most people are as happy as they want to be..

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure..

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time..

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them..

Ere long the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of soil. No community where every….

The enthusiastic uprising of the people in our cause, is our great reliance; and we can not safely give it any check, even thoughit overflows, and ru….

Your good mother tells me you are feeling very badly in your new situation. Allow me to assure you it is a perfect certainty that you will, very soon….

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision..

It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want..

Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when….

A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground..

As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew..

Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts..

A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be..

I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me..

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people..

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision..

I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays..

I soon began to dream. ... I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. ... I left my bed and wandered downstairs. ... There I met wi….

If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss..