Thomas Jefferson

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all
nations--entangling alliances with none.

Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all
nations--entangling alliances with none.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.