The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame