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.

If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives.

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.

All things are in common among friends.