It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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.
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
Modesty is the color of virtue.
What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.
The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.
Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.
I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
The great thieves lead away the little thief.
It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
