"If you have not got enough grain, I myself shall have grain brought in to you. My lord has become distressed about the battles in Elam. But the Elamites' grain rations have quickly been exhausted, so do not slacken your forces! Do not fall head first into their slavery, nor follow at their heels!"

"It is wrong to consider that courts are established for the benefit of the people. Those who want to perpetuate their power do so through the courts. If people were to settle their own quarrels, a thi…"

"I want to say to you, about myself, that I am a child of this age, a child of unfaith and scepticism, and probably shall remain so to the end of my life. How dreadfully has it tormented me this longin…"

"The experimental researches of Faraday are so voluminous, their descriptions are so detailed, and their wealth of illustration is so great, as to render it a heavy labour to master them. The multiplic…"

"The task that lies before me is daunting and the rewards are uncertain. I should probably let someone else do it."