"A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many" — Thomas Jefferson

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one

Source: Letter to Harriot Washington (Oct. 30, 1791)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad

Source: Letter to George Steptoe Washington (Mar. 23, 1789)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

The only security of all is in a free press

Source: Letter to Lafayette (Nov. 4, 1823)

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