How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg. - Abraham Lincoln

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. - Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. - Abraham Lincoln

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. - Abraham Lincoln

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. - Benjamin Franklin

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. - Benjamin Franklin

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. - Benjamin Franklin

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. - Benjamin Franklin

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade? - Benjamin Franklin

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. - Benjamin Franklin