Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. Alexander Hamilton on trust
I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man. Alexander Hamilton on work
Experience teaches that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the simplest and most obvious improvements, in the most ordinary occupations, are adopted with hesitation, reluctance, and by slow gradations. Men would resist changes, so long as even a bare support could be ensured by an adherence to ancient courses, and perhaps even longer. Alexander Hamilton on change