Thomas Jefferson

(1743 - 1826) Third U.S. President.

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If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens, trophies obtained by the bloodstained steel, or the tattered flags of the tented field, will never be envied. The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.
letter to the Republican Citizens of Washington County, Maryland, March 31, 1809
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When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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Take things always by their smooth handle.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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Never spend your money before you have it.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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We never repent of having eaten too little.
letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825
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When a man has cast his longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
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Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
First Inaugural Address. March 4, 1801
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He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truth without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.
Letter to Peter Carr (August 19, 1785)
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That Indian swamp in the wilderness.
on Washington, D.C., attributed, 1789
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Although an old man, I am but a young gardener.
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