Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."

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.

Pittacus said that half was more than the whole.

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

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.

Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, "Sacrifice to the Graces.