"Well, I suppose you know that men..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor.”

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

“War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.”

“Nature has not intended mankind to work from eight in the morning until midnight without that refreshment of blessed oblivion which, even if it only lasts twenty minutes, is sufficient to renew all the vital forces.”

“In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.”

“No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.”

“Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.”

“What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.”

“Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.”