“Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.”“Never buy a thing you do not want, because it is cheap, it will be dear to you.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.”“Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.”“Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”“Never spend your money before you have earned it.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Be polite to all, but intimate with few.”“Be polite to all, but intimate with few.” — Thomas Jefferson
“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.”“When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.” — Thomas Jefferson
“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”“He who knows best knows how little he knows.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.”“Never put off to tomorrow what you can do to-day.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” — Thomas Jefferson
“If you want something you've never had you must be willing to do something you've never done.”“If you want something you've never had you must be willing to do something you've never done.” — Thomas Jefferson
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.”“Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.”“Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Take care of your cents: dollars will take care of themselves.”“Take care of your cents: dollars will take care of themselves.” — Thomas Jefferson
“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.”“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.” — Thomas Jefferson
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” — Thomas Jefferson
“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.”“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.”“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.” — Thomas Jefferson
“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.”“The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.” — Thomas Jefferson
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