Herodotus

Everyone without exception believes his own native customs, and the religion he was brought up in, to be the best.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

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.

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

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.