On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
There is a false love that will make you something you are not.
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.