I never before knew the full value of trees....What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full grown.

The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us. we ought, for so dear a stake, to sacrifice every attachment & every enmity.

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

Where thought is free in its range, we need never fear to hazard what is good in itself.

When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.

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