As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.
The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.
Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."
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.
Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.
If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.