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?

Heraclitus quotes

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
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A man's character is his guardian divinity.
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Big results require big ambitions.
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Bigotry is the sacred disease.
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Change alone is unchanging.
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Character is destiny.
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Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.
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Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
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Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.
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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
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I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets.
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If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.
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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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Much learning does not teach understanding.
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Nature is wont to hide herself.
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