When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. – Thomas Jefferson
Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned. – Thomas Jefferson

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. – Thomas Jefferson
Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it as earned. – Thomas Jefferson
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity, that ever were written. – Thomas Jefferson
I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another. – Thomas Jefferson
How do people go to sleep? I’m afraid I’ve lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the night-light. I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things. – Dorothy Parker, Here Lies, 1939