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

One of the sophisms of Chrysippus was, "If you have not lost a thing, you have it.

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."

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

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

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

Whichever you do, you will repent it.