A room without books is like a life without meaning.

One had rather have no opinion than a false one.

I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gaycapital [Paris].

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

Health is worth more than learning.

The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.

I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading.