The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.
The great thieves lead away the little thief.
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
No man is hurt but by himself.
Modesty is the color of virtue.
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
He has the most who is most content with the least.
The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.
The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of intoxication, the third of disgust.
