Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. -Abraham Lincoln-

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people’s money to settle the quarrel. -Abraham Lincoln-

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read. -Abraham Lincoln-

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. -Abraham Lincoln-

If the first casualty of war is truth the second must be sobriety. -Capt. B.F. “Hawkeye” Pierce, “M*A*S*H”-

The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships. -Abraham Lincoln-

Did you realize the Hippocratic Oath speaks against both euthanasia and abortions?

I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. -Abraham Lincoln-

I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it. -Ogden Nash-

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax. -Albert Einstein-