Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a...

Health is the requisite after morality

Health is the requisite after morality

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which...

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover...

The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have...

The danger is that the cruel arts of their oppressors have enchained their minds, have...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to...

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding,...

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

Motherhood is the keystone of the arch of matrimonial happiness

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

France has sincerely wished peace, and their seducers have wished war, as well for the...

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return....

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return....

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight...

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight...

First thing I killed was no kind of thing at all. It was an enemy...

First thing I killed was no kind of thing at all. It was an enemy...