Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Feelings Quotes, Morality Quotes

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair...

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

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,...

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

Equal rights for all, special privileges for none

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

The freedom of the press is on of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were...

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were...

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign...

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign...

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.