Jefferson's Ten Rules

Thomas Jefferson, by Rembrandt Peale, 1800 - Source: White House Historical Association

The posts this week will be simple and to the point. 

Today, I want to share some "rules" from none other than the author of the Declaration of Independence and our third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. I have these rules posted next to my desk in order to constantly remind myself of number one. 

Jefferson's Ten Rules

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. 

Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.

Never spend money before you have earned it. 

Never buy what you don't want because it is cheap.

Pride cost more than hunger, thirst and cold.

We seldom repent of having eaten too little.

Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.

How much pain the evils cost us that never happened.

Take things away by the smooth handle.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, count a hundred. 

-Thomas Jefferson

Happy Ruling!