The attempt of Lavoisier to reform chemical nomenclature is premature. One single experiment may destroy the whole filiation of his terms; and his string of sulphates, sulphites, and sulphures, may have served no end than to have retarded the progress of science by a jargon, from the confusion of which time will be requisite to extricate us.
Thomas JeffersonI have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.
Thomas JeffersonThe information of the people at large can alone make them the safe as they are the sole depositary of our political and religious freedom.
Thomas JeffersonNo generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.
Thomas Jefferson