Thales said there was no difference between life and death. Why, then, said some one to him, do not you die? Because, said he, it does make no difference.

If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.

Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.

Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.

A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

Anarcharsis, on learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick, said that "the passengers were just that distance from death.

Time is the image of eternity.