Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.Thomas Jefferson
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.Thomas Jefferson
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.Thomas Jefferson
Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.Victor Hugo
I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.Victor Hugo
Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.Victor Hugo
