The Wisdom of Honest Abe Lincoln

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.Common-looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the lord makes so many of them.I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.