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

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.

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.

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.

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

If I gained one thing from philosophy is that at the very least, I am well prepared to confront any change in fortune.

We will end up where we belong.

I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

I’m like a child who belongs to nobody.

Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.

The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.

I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.