Anarcharsis, on learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick, said that "the passengers were just that distance from death.

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

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

Euripides says,-Who knows but that this life is really death,And whether death is not what men call life?

When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, “Not to unlearn what you have learned!”

The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough.

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