Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, "Sacrifice to the Graces.

Plato was continually saying to Xenocrates, "Sacrifice to the Graces.

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.

Plato affirmed that the soul was immortal and clothed in many bodies successively.

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

Anaximander used to assert that the primary cause of all things was the Infinite,-not defining exactly whether he meant air or water or anything else.

When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, To know one's self. And what was easy, To advise another.