Lethargy is the forerunner of death to the public liberty.

We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do.

If your letters are as long as the bible, they will appear short to me. Only let them be brim full of affection.

I have a right to nothing which another has a right to take away.

Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.

Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise, and the weather shall be little regarded. If the body is feeble, the mind will not be strong.

The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a government established on so immovable a basis.