"He who lights his [candle] at mine..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.”

“In a virtuous and free state, no rewards can be so pleasing to sensible minds, as those which include the approbation of our fellow citizens. My great pain is, lest my poor endeavours should fall short of the kind expectations of my country.”

“But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.”

“Be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.”

“What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.”

“Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.”

“A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.”

“He who seeks truth should be of no country.”

“The genius of the Platonists, is intoxicating to the student, yet how few particulars of it can I detach from all their books.”