Philosophy is the art of living.
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.
For he who gives no fuel to fire puts it out, and likewise he who does not in the beginning nurse his wrath and does not puff himself up with anger takes precautions against it and destroys it.
Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible, so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.