He said that men ought to remember those friends who were absent as well as those who were present.

When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one’s self." And what was easy, "To advise another."

Thales said there was no difference between life and death. "Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die?" "Because," said he, "it does make no difference."

Alcæus mentions Aristodemus in these lines:—’T is money makes the man; and he who ’s noneIs counted neither good nor honourable.