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.

Xenophanes speaks thus:-And no man knows distinctly anything,And no man ever will.

Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.

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

Fortune is unstable, while our will is free.

Plato affirmed that the soul was immortal and clothed in many bodies successively.

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