Herodotus

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

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.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Haste in every business brings failures.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

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

This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.

In soft regions are born soft men.