We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice... - Abraham Lincoln

"No man is poor who has a Godly mother."

"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."

"The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

"I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me."

"A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones."