But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. I will recur for proof to the days...
A Decalogue of Canons for Observation in Practical Life:1. Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.2. Never trouble another with what you can do yourself.3. Never spend your money before you...
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself as public property.
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.
No knowledge can be more satisfactory to a man than that of his own frame its parts their functions and actions.
When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through it is best to meet it with firmness and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil w...
An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else where I was capable of thinking for myself. Suc...
We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.( June 19, 1787)
War is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.