I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.

On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame

No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.

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

If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

There is a false love that will make you something you are not.