“There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.”

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.

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.