Herodotus

"Egypt is the gift of the Nile"

"In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons"

"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all"

"The secret is to know what you want"

"Custom is the king of all"

"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks"

"Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction"

"Envy is a powerful emotion that can destroy a person"

"What a man hears, he believes"

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything"

"Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances"

"It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life"

"Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man"

"The eyes are witnesses more reliable than the ears"

"Solon told Croesus that no man could be called happy until after his death"

"There is nothing better than to rule oneself"

"Forced to choose, I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned"

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country produces"

"Prayer is not asking; it is a longing of the soul"

"It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself"

"Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things"

"In times of disaster, courtesy must be the first casualty"

"The greatest wealth is health"

"No one is so foolish as to prefer war to peace"

"The most hateful pain is to see things clearly and be powerless"

"The worst pain is that of unrequited love"

"Kings are made by the people"

"The people of Athens are fortunate; they have no master but the law"

"Nothing living can abide unless all is well with its dwelling"

"Experience is the teacher of all things"