Be as a lion in the path. Be dangerous even in defeat.
Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.
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.
There are many marvellous stories told of Pherecydes. For it is said that he was walking along the seashore at Samos, and that seeing a ship sailing by with a fair wind, he said that it would soon sink; and presently it sank before his eyes. At another time he was drinking some water which had been drawn up out of a well, and he foretold that within three days there would be an earthquake; and there was one.
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.
Euripides says,-Who knows but that this life is really death,And whether death is not what men call life?
We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.
There will never be a better time to start quitting smoking than today
I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip.
One small action of love can do far, far more for a soul than all the most beautiful words in the world.