To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.

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

We have complicated every simple gift of the gods.

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

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