Euripides says,-Who knows but that this life is really death,And whether death is not what men call life?

One of the sophisms of Chrysippus was, "If you have not lost a thing, you have it.

There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirates; and when the rest said, "We are undone if we are known,"-"But I," said he, "am undone if we are not known.

The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.

Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.

Euripides says,-Who knows but that this life is really death,And whether death is not what men call life?