I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. – Thomas Jefferson
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – Thomas Jefferson
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry. – Chinua Achebe