Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) was an American statesman, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
湯馬斯·傑弗遜（1743年－1826年）政治家，美國開國元勛，美國獨立宣言主要起草人。美利堅合眾國第三任總統（1801年─1809年）。
731. It is my rule never to take a side in any part in the quarrels of others, nor to inquire into them. I generally presume them to flow from the indulgence of too much passion on both sides, and always find that each party thinks all the wrong was in his adversary. These bickerings, which are always useless, embitter human life more than any other cause…” 中文 / Chinese：
我的規則是從不介入或查問爭執。我通常假定雙方縱容太多情緒，總是認為錯在對方。這些沒用的爭吵比任何事情更令人生變苦....
732. Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. 中文 / Chinese：
在任何情況下保持冷靜和沉著可以令一個人比其他人更有優勢。
733. “I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work. 中文 / Chinese：
我還沒有失敗。我找到了10,000個不可行的方法。
734. Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. 中文 / Chinese：
你想知道你是誰?不要問。行動！行動將會反映和界定你。
735. I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. 中文 / Chinese：
我相信銀行體系對我們自由比軍隊更有危險性。
736. A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many. 中文 / Chinese：
給少數人很多的愛比給很多人少少的愛更佳。
737. Never spend your money before you have it. 中文 / Chinese：
永不花未曾擁有的金錢。
448. I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. 中文 / Chinese：
我相信每一個人對人好都會感到愉快。
449. Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. 中文 / Chinese：
無論你做任何事情，假裝自己好像被全世界看著。
450. Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. 中文 / Chinese：
用下午的時間來運動和娛樂，它跟閱讀一樣重要。它可說是更重要因為健康比學習重要。
451. I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. 中文 / Chinese：
我真心相信銀行設施比軍隊更危險。
452. The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. 中文 / Chinese：
神給予我們生命，同一時間亦給予我們自由。
453. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. 中文 / Chinese：
一個人什麼也不讀的人比一個只讀報紙的人更有教養。
454. It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. 中文 / Chinese：
沒有主意比壞主意好；不相信比信錯好。
455. The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. 中文 / Chinese：
最成功的戰爭很少能夠支付到它的損失。
191. Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. 中文 / Chinese：
誠實是智慧書本的第一章。
192. Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time. 中文 / Chinese：
我們每一天不學習一點有用的東西，每天就是白過了。人所擁有的東西沒有比時間更高崇，更有價值。
193. 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. 中文 / Chinese：
沒有什麼東西可以阻止一個精神狀態正確的人去達到他的目標；世上沒有什麼東西可以幫助一個精神狀態不正確的人。
194. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. 中文 / Chinese：
我喜歡將來的夢想，比過去的歷史更佳。
195. Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. 中文 / Chinese：
步行可能是最好的運動。培養遠行的習慣。
196. I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. 中文 / Chinese：
中文 / Chinese： 我從不認為政治，宗教，哲學的意見分岐可作為朋友斷交的理由。
197. Never spend your money before you have earned it. 中文 / Chinese：
不花還未賺到手的金錢。
198. When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. 中文 / Chinese：
生氣的時候，數到十才說話。十分生氣的時候，數到一百。
