Time is the image of eternity.

Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.

There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

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

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.

Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.

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