Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, The great thieves are leading away the little thief.

Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.

It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

He was seized and dragged off to King Philip, and being asked who he was, replied, A spy upon your insatiable greed.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

A wise man becomes free when he is ready to die at any moment.

Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.

Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.

Democritus says, But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

Modesty is the color of virtue.

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?

Stand a little less between me and the sun.