“Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.”

The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own

Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.

The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.

Haste in every business brings failures.

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

And when I was looking at myself in the mirror, I realized that beneath these scars lies a woman, that is good that is kind, that I myself aspired to be.

Can we ever have too much of a good thing?

Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.

A weapon isn’t good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

The Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy!

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

The best armor against everything around you is to be well educated, to work hard, to be twice as good as if you had to be, to do languages and culture better.

My dad raised me with some good advice: ‘Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you’ll never have enemies, because people will always know where you’re coming from.’