"ἔλεγέ τε συνεχές, “μανείην μᾶλλον ἢ ἡσθείην.”"

"ἀκούσας ποτὲ ὅτι Πλάτων αὐτὸν κακῶς λέγει, “βασιλικόν,” ἔφη, “καλῶς ποιοῦντα κακῶς ἀκούειν.”"

"πρός τε τὸ Ποντικὸν μειράκιον μέλλον φοιτᾶν αὐτῷ καὶ πυθόμενον τίνων αὐτῷ δεῖ, φησί, “βιβλιαρίου καινοῦ καὶ γραφείου …"

"It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other…"

"Antisthenes ... was asked on one occasion what learning was the most necessary, and he replied, "To unlearn one's bad…"

"ἐρωτηθεὶς τί αὐτῷ περιγέγονεν ἐκ φιλοσοφίας, ἔφη, “τὸ δύνασθαι ἑαυτῷ ὁμιλεῖν.”"

"States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad."

"As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion."

"Once, when he was applauded by rascals, he remarked, "I am horribly afraid I have done something wrong.""

"ἀρχὴ παιδεύσεως ἡ τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐπίσκεψις"