"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" - Thomas Jefferson

"Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind" - Thomas Jefferson

"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden" - Thomas Jefferson

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude" - Thomas Jefferson

"The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family." - Thomas Jefferson

"Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom." - Thomas Jefferson

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson

"History, in general, only informs us what bad government is." - Thomas Jefferson