Character Is Like A Tree, And Reputation

The Best Way To Destroy An Enemy Is To Make Him A Friend.

If You Once Forfeit The Confidence Of Your Fellow Citizens, You Can Never Regain Their Respect And Esteem. It Is True That You May Fool All Of The People Some Of The Time; You Can Even Fool Some Of The People All Of The Time; But You Can't Fool All Of The People All Of The Time. -speech At Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

Reputation Is Like Fine China: Once Broken It's Very Hard To Repair.

Do I Not Damage My Enemies After I Make Them My Close Friends?

Again, A Law May Be Both Constitutional And Expedient, And Yet May Be Administered In An Unjust And Unfair Way.