History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
Haste in every business brings failures.
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
Egypt is the gift of the Nile.
Chances rule men and not men chances.
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.