“I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.”

We come into the world alone and we die alone.

Behold! I’ve brought you a man.

No man is hurt but by himself.

Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.

I am a citizen of the world.

If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.

Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.