Some people have the peculiar quality of touching the best that is in us; others stir up the bad.

Every time they come into our presence they irritate us.

Others allay all that is disagreeable.

They never touch our sensitive spots, and they call out all that is spontaneous and sweet and beautiful.
Lincoln was master of the art of making himself interesting to everybody he met.

He put people at ease with his stories and jokes, and made them feel so completely at home in his presence that they opened up their mental treasures to him without reserve.