A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot of unknown back then, ….

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S.….

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless..

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers..

For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike..

Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the ar….

The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs..

It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and ….

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries..

The hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come..

And now for the vapor-bath: on a framework of three sticks, meeting at the top, they stretch pieces of woolen cloth, taking care to get the joints as….