But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in th... - Thomas Jefferson

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."

"A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be."

"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people."

"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."