On being asked what he had gained from philosophy, Diogenes replied, "This at least, if nothing else—to be prepared for every fortune."
Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world."
Certain parents were sacrificing to the gods, that a son might be born to them. "But," said Diogenes, "do you not sacrifice to ensure what manner of man he shall turn out to be?"
When asked for a subscription towards a club, he said to the president:
Despoil the rest; off Hector keep thy hands.
The mistresses of kings he designated queens; for, said he, they make the kings do their bidding.
When the Athenians gave Alexander the title of Dionysus, he said, "Me too you might make Sarapis."
Someone having reproached him for going into dirty places, his reply was that the sun too visits cesspools without being defiled.
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