On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.

If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

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

People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.

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