Herodotus

"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition"

"The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."

"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."

"Egypt is the gift of the Nile."

"Custom is the king of all."

"In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and children are interred by their parents."

"The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education."

"If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad."

"Wealth and children are the ornaments of life."

"It is better to have a lion for one day than a sheep for a lifetime."

"A man is looked upon with more favor in the world when dead than when living."

"Envy is a natural human quality, but one that should be resisted."

"Learning is the food of youth and consolation of age."

"The most hateful grief is to recognize that one alone is helpless."

"Fear is the parent of cruelty."

"Of all possessions a friend is the most precious."

"No one is so foolish as to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons."

"Histories are more full of examples of fidelity of dogs than of friends."

"He who tells the truth will surely be cursed, but he will feel no pain."

"I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in all cases to believe it."

"Violent deeds do not long endure."

"Arrogance is the harbinger of misfortune."

"The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least."

"Stories have power, and truth dwells within them."

"Those whom the gods love die young."

"It is often the case that the state of things is reversed."

"The human body is the only thing that stays with us from birth to death."

"I would rather have a small part of a great life than the entirety of a small one."

"Counsel should be a light to all the business of life."

"There is nothing more foolish than to believe that one man can be the master of the world."