When asked what wine he liked to drink, he replied, "That which belongs to another."

Once he saw a youth blushing, and addressed him, "Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue."

When asked what he would take to let a man give him a blow on the head, he said, "A helmet."

Diogenes lighted a candle in the daytime, and went round saying, "I am looking for a man."

A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can."

"Be of good cheer," said Diogenes; "I see land."

All things are in common among friends.

One of the sayings of Diogenes was that most men were within a finger’s breadth of being mad; for if a man walked with his middle finger pointing out, folks would think him mad, but not so if it were his forefinger.

"Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down."

Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.