Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.

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

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

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.

There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it.

You make me a sinner if you stop me giving you hospitality.

A tiny thread can pass through the tiniest hole of the needle, just if you intend to sew.

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.

We often try to put God in a box. The God who fits in our boxes isn't the God & Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Maybe one day I'll write my rock album so I can use more obscure references and just be weird. If the lyrics are too crazy, though, then it's not pop anymore.

I've read hundreds of cookbooks. For my money, they are the bird.

Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.

As long as countries wave chequebooks over our heads, we can never be equal.

The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat., Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet.]