People Who Talk Well But Do Nothing

Good Men Nowhere, But Good Boys At Sparta.

On Being Asked By Someone How He Could Become Famous, Diogenes Responded: 'by Worrying As Little As Possible About Fame

He Once Begged Alms Of A Statue, And, When Asked Why He Did So, Replied, "to Get Practice In Being Refused."

The Question Was Put To Him, What Hope Is; And His Answer Was, "the Dream Of A Waking Man."

To Arrive At Perfection, A Man Should Have Very Sincere Friends Or Inveterate Enemies; Because He Would Be Made Sensible Of His Good Or Ill Conduct, Either By The Censures Of The One Or The Admonitions Of The Other.