Quotes from President Lincoln:

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

Those not skinning can hold a leg.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.

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

Source: Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 8, by John Hay and John Nicolay and Goodreads.com