Abraham Lincoln “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. ”

Abraham Lincoln “No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. ”

Abraham Lincoln “I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer who remarked to a companion once that "it was not best to swap horses while crossing streams. ”

Abraham Lincoln “It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river. ”

Abraham Lincoln “When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run. ”

Abraham Lincoln “I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. ”

Abraham Lincoln “When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. ”