林肯的政敌批评林肯有“两面三刀”时的幽默回应。因为就政治人物而言，林肯的长相极不讨喜，像个野猴

不经过一年中最寒冷的时候，无法知道松柏是最后凋谢的；不经过艰难的考验，无法知道一个人是不是真正的君子。

我们看到的不是事物的本质，而是我们自己。

In the fruit industry, quality is not an option; it's a necessity that defines our reputation.

未经审视的生活不值得活。

我不想成为超级明星。我想成为一个超级人。

The business of education is not to make the young perfect in any one of the sciences, but so to open and dispose their minds as may make them capable of any, when they shall apply themselves to it.