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

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

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

It used to be a common saying of Myson's that men ought not to seek for things in words, but for words in things; for that things are not made on account of words but that words are put together for the sake of things.

Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge.

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

Time is the image of eternity.