Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
A philosopher named Aristippus, who had quite willingly sucked up to Dionysus and won himself a spot at his court, saw Diogenes cooking lentils for a meal. "If you would only learn to compliment Diony...
The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.
Blushing is the color of virtue.
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.