History is too important to be left to the historians.

But only a fool sails into combat with nature

History is too important to be left to the historians.

I think that whenever a nation feels itself to be at is zenith, it starts to feel a creeping sense of anxiety.

It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together.

Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.