History seldom destroys that which does not deserve to die; and the burning of the tares makes for the next sowing a richer soil.

In Constantinople, more Christians were slaughtered by Christians in the years 342-343 than by all the persecutions by pagans in the history of Rome.

If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride.

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in the few rich; then the unstable equilibrium generates a critical situation, which history has diversely met by legislation redistributing wealth or by revolution distributing poverty.

There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present.