Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
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.
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.