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.

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.

Fools! You think of god as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.

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.