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.

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

Aristippus said that a wise man's country was the world.

Sacrifice to the Graces.

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.

Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this.

As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.