4 Thomas Jefferson Quotes on Happiness

Thomas Jefferson quotes on happiness

19. I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.

42. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.

52. Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.

120. The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend all to the happiness of man.