Diogenes

“Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.”

“Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.”

“It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.”

“When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.”

“Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.”

“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”

“Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.”