As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.

That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him.

But Chrysippus, Posidonius, Zeno, and Boëthus say, that all things are produced by fate. And fate is a connected cause of existing things, or the reason according to which the world is regulated.

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

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

Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this.

One of the sayings of Diogenes was that most men were within a finger's breadth of being mad; for if a man walked with his middle finger pointing out, folks would think him mad, but not so if it were his forefinger.