Alexander Hamilton:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

Cliff Fadiman quotes

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.
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Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality.
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I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
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Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.
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There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.
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When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.
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