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

“No man is hurt but by himself.”

“He has the most who is most content with the least.”

“Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.”

“When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.”

“I say, without characters, fame lives long.”

“Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives,Live regist'red upon our brazen tombsAnd then grace us in the disgrace of death;When, spite of cormorant devouring Time,Th' endeavor of this present breath may buyThat honor which shall bate his scythe's keen edgeAnd make us heirs of all eternity.”

“He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.”