SAYINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. From the Life of Jefferson, by Dr. Irelan.
MARRIAGE.
Harmony in the marriage state is the very first object to be aimed at.
Nothing can preserve affections uninterrupted but a firm resolution never to differ in will, and a determination in each to consider the love of the other as of more value than any object whatever on which a wish had been fixed.
How light, in fact, is the sacrifice of any other wish when weighed against the affections of one with whom we are to pass our whole life!
EDITORS AND NEWSPAPERS.
Perhaps an editor might begin a reformation in some such way as this: Divide his paper into four chapters, heading the 1st, Truths; 2nd, Probabilities; 3rd, Possibilities; 4th, Lies. The first chapter would be very short, as it would contain little more than authentic papers, and information from such sources as the editor would be willing to risk his own reputation for their truth. The second would contain what, from a mature consideration of all circumstances, he would conclude to be probably true. This, however, should rather contain too little than too much. The third and fourth should be professedly for those readers who would rather have lies for their money than the blank paper they would occupy.
Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act.