The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of the precious metals it is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.

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.

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.