Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.