Diogenes

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. ”

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master. ”

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. ”

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. ”

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music. ”

The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust. ”

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give. ”

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. ”

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. ”

It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend. ”