Historian

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

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

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

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

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

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Great things are won by great dangers.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.