I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

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  Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things.

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  The only safety for the vanquished is to hope for no safety.

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  But meanwhile time flies, flies never to be regained.

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  Love conquers all.

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  So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

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  That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

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