In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living.
They condemn what they do not understand.
Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.