| Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he, That when they speak truth they are not believed. |
| The question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, The dream of a waking man. |
| We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less. |
| Nothing can be produced out of nothing. |
| It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. |
| I am a citizen of the world. |
| All things are in common among friends. |
| 'Bury me on my face,' said Diogenes and when he was asked why, he replied, 'Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.' |
| Time is the image of eternity. |
| He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge and one only evil, namely, ignorance. |
| He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing. |
| Chilo advised, not to speak evil of the dead. |
| Democritus says, But we know nothing really for truth lies deep down. |
| When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, 'To know one's self.' And what was easy, 'To advise another.' |
| The mob is the mother of tyrants. |
| Blushing is the color of virtue. |
| Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions... that laws were like cobwebs, --for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off. |
