Bion of Borysthenes

"Love of money is the mother-city of all evils."

"Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions."

"Boys throw stones at frogs in fun, but the frogs do not die in fun, but in earnest."

"Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirates; and when the rest said, "We are undone if we are known," – "But I," said he, "am undone if we are not kn…"

"It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked."

"Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role,…"

"The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut."

"Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."