I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely happier for it. – Thomas Jefferson
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. – Thomas Jefferson

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely happier for it. – Thomas Jefferson
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. – Thomas Jefferson
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. – Thomas Jefferson
Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself. – Thomas Jefferson
If the day and night be such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more immortal — that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local caf? to the speech at a formal dinner. – Roland Barthes