Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."
The noblest people are those despising wealth, learning, pleasure and life; esteeming above them poverty, ignorance, hardship and death.
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
Nothing can be produced out of nothing.
Young men not ought to marry yet, and old men never ought to marry at all.
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.
There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.
When two friends part they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys. The truly noble mind has no resentments.
Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
No man is hurt but by himself.
If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.
The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.
When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
Let us not unlearn what we have already learned
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
Lust is a strong tower of mischief, and hath in it many defenders, as neediness, anger, paleness, discord, love, and longing.
He was seized and dragged off to King Philip, and being asked who he was, replied, "A spy upon your insatiable greed."
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