Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

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

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.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.

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."