On Being Asked By Someone

There Is Only A Finger's Difference Between A Wise Man And A Fool.

One Day, Observing A Child Drinking Out Of His Hands, He Cast Away The Cup From His Wallet With The Words, "a Child Has Beaten Me In Plainness Of Living."

Solon Used To Say That Speech Was The Image Of Actions; . . . That Laws Were Like Cobwebs, - For That If Any Trifling Or Powerless Thing Fell Into Them, They Held It Fast; While If It Were Something Weightier, It Broke Through Them And Was Off.

We Are More Curious About The Meaning Of Dreams Than About Things We See When Awake.

If You Are To Be Kept Right, You Must Possess Either Good Friends Or Red-hot Enemies. The One Will Warn You, The Other Will Expose You.