As some say, Solon was the author of the apophthegm, "Nothing in excess.

Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.

There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.

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.

Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, "The descent to Hades is the same from every place.

Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

Sacrifice to the Graces.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust.

Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.

Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.

You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

True education reveals self-potential, more than just sows ideas.

I wish I could say I am a rebel for love in real life. I don't think I am so cool.

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

You have miracles [in the Hebrew Bible], yes, but they're not the work, normally, of demons.

I like working on big budget films.

You know, Taylor, I told his manager that your reputation in this firm is that you can go head-to-head with any man. And win.

This, in fact, is the power of the imagination, which, combining the memory of gold with that of the mountain, can compose the idea of a golden mountain.