History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.
Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.
Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.
Walking is the very best exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.
That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
Power is not alluring to pure minds.
Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
One man with courage is a majority.
Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.
I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.