2,194 Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

The superiority of chocolate, both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

Even if we differ in principle more than I believe we do, you and I know too well the texture of the human mind, and the slipperiness of human reason, to consider differences of opinion otherwise than differences of form or feature.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry a 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.

There is one spot on the globe, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans.

Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit and promotes health.

Health must not be sacrificed to learning. A strong body makes the mind strong.

Health is the first requisite after morality.