Gibbon, Edward
"Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive." - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
"History . . . is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
"All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance." - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
"The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators." - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire