Renee

“Who was it who said that irony is the fundamental operating principle of the universe?" "I believe," I said, "that it was Henghis Hapthorn.”
― Matthew Hughes, Majestrum: A Tale of Henghis Hapthorn

“If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“When men take it in their heads today to hang gamblers or burn murderers, they should recollect that, in the confusion usually attending such transactions, they will be as likely to hang or burn someone who is neither a gambler nor a murderer as one who is; and that, acting upon the example they set, the mob of tomorrow may, and probably will, hang or burn some of them by the very same mistake. —“The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions”: Address before the
Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838”
― Abraham Lincoln, The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations

“Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer”
― Abraham Lincoln