One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.

Time is the most valuable thing that a man can spend.

Yoksunluktan ileri gelen acıyı ortadan kaldıran yalın tatlar da zengin bir sofrayla aynı hazzı verir. (Epikuros)

(Diogenes) Bir gün Olympia'dan dönüyordu; çok kalabalık var mıydı, diye sorana, "Kalabalık çoktu, ama insan azdı" diye yanıt verdi.

We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.

Stand a little less between me and the sun." Diogenes and I.

A vine bears three grapes, the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, and the third of repentance.

As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist. For many are the obstacles that impede knowledge, both the obscurity of the question and the shortness of human life.

Step out of my sunlight.

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance and shimmy, and you've got an audience!