evidence: Lincoln’s mastery of the art of storytelling is legendary. His humorous stories and one-liners were earthy, self-deprecating communication tools used to reduce complex ideas, policies and practices to their simplest form. He could then present them to a semi-literate general public in a way that they could easily identify with and understand. Lincoln was a master at using what today would be called, "common speak." It is no accident that many of his one-liners resemble Biblical proverbs. [...] Lincoln never made any secret of his emotional baggage. He called the place over his heart his "sore spot." Several times in life that sore spot grew until it became clinical depression so severe that his friends feared for his safety and had to remove sharp objects from his room and guard him. [...] Lincoln’s "one-liners" are notorious for being succinct, wise and humorous. They were the presidential tweets of that day and are just as relevant today.