"The surest way to reveal one's character..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.”

“If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.”

“Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.”

“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”

“I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog.”

“We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are.”

“Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power.”

“What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.”

“Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.”