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

Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.

If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

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

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.