"Truth between candid minds can never do..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.”

“Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.”

“When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.”

“Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual sincerity of disposition. Such sincerity may be esteemed a moral excellence; for the lover of truth, who is truthful even when nothing depends on it, will a fortiori be truthful when some interest is at stake, since having all along avoided falsehood for its own sake, he will assuredly avoid it when it is morally base; and this is a disposition that we praise.”

“The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.”

“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”

“If politics were a musical, it would be "Promises, Promises".”

“Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.”

“When you make a promise, keep it.”