"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that ..." — Thomas Jefferson

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.