“The most fortunate of us... our journey through life frequently meets with calamaties and misfortunes. Which may greatly afflict us [and] to fortify our minds against the attacks of the calamities and misfortunes should be one of the principle studies and endeavors of our lives.”
More from Thomas Jefferson
“I cannot live without books.”
“I cannot live without books.”
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing…”
“That of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour.…”