I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.

As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.

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

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

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