Socrates said, “Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.”
“Socrates,” XI,—Diogenes Laertius.
Diogenes Laertius, a famous Greek compiler of anecdotes, flourished about A.D. 200-250, a native of Lærte in Cilicia. He wrote a collection of notes and memoranda (in 10 books), “On the Lives, Teachings, and Sayings of Famous Men.”
None can injure him, who does not injure himself.
—Chrysostom.
St. John Chrysostom, a noted Greek Church father, born in Antioch, Syria, 350 (?), and died at Comana, 407. His works, comprising homilies, commentaries, liturgies, epistles, etc., can be found in 13 volumes, fol. (1718).
Quis legem det amantibus? Major lex amor est sibi.[5]
—Boëthius.
Boëthius, a famous Roman didactic poet and statesman, was born between 470 and 475, and died about 525. His celebrated “Consolation of Philosophy” won for him lasting fame.
Heav’n but the Vision of fulfill’d Desire,
And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire.