Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure until you know there is no hook beneath it. The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which he is beset.”

“But friendship is precious not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life: and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.”

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”