It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
People who talk well but do nothing are like musical intruments; the sound is all they have to offer.
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
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.