We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
Let us not unlearn what we have already learned
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.
Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.
Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.