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

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.

Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, "It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper.

Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, "The descent to Hades is the same from every place.

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

Ignorance plays the chief part among men, and the multitude of words.

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