That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him.

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.

A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.

We have to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.

I have platonic relationships with my guy friends. There's some friends that I've kissed or whatever, but it was always just once.

I used to not back down from a challenge.

Maybe I was young and 'cute' (after all, I was only twenty then), but I've learned over the years that when you put white lab coats on chemists, they all look alike!

What did you do to Amma?" "I was late to school." He studied my face. I studied his. "Number 2?" I nodded. "Sharp?" "Started out sharp and then she sharpened it.

It is only your mental habits and your selected memories of how you think things are that keep you from moulding things in your life in a more harmonious way.

To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.

I live in an old house with no closets and no built-ins. I hate big cupboards.

I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.