The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
Never spend your money before you have earned it.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.
Power is not alluring to pure minds.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government…
One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.
Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
I like the dreams of the future, better than the history of the past.
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
Information is the currency of democracy.
Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.
He who knows best knows how little he knows.
Democracy is equal rights for all, special privileges for none.
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.