There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world. – Thomas Jefferson
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. – Thomas Jefferson

There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world. – Thomas Jefferson
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. – Thomas Jefferson
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. – Thomas Jefferson
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. – Thomas Jefferson