There Is Only A Finger's Difference Between

It Is The Privilege Of The Gods To Want Nothing, And Of Godlike Men To Want Little.

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

Most Men Are Within A Finger's Breadth Of Being Mad.

As Houses Well Stored With Provisions Are Likely To Be Full Of Mice, So The Bodies Of Those That Eat Much Are Full Of Diseases.

The Noblest People Are Those Despising Wealth, Learning, Pleasure And Life; Esteeming Above Them Poverty, Ignorance, Hardship And Death.