As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.

The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.

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

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

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