It used to be a common saying of Myson's that men ought not to seek for things in words, but for words in things; for that things are not made on account of words but that words are put together for the sake of things.

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.

If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.

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

It used to be a common saying of Myson's that men ought not to seek for things in words, but for words in things; for that things are not made on account of words but that words are put together for the sake of things.

Diogenes lighted a candle in the daytime, and went round saying, "I am looking for a man.

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