We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives.

Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead."

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

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.

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.