“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”

— Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Francis Willis Jr. (18 April 1790)

About Thomas Jefferson

1743 – 1826

American statesman, principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States.

“I steer my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern.”

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”

“Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art.”

“Domestic happiness, thou only bliss of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall!”

“To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,— That is the true pathos and sublime Of human life.”

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.”

“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

“To children is there any happiness which is not also noise?”