He was once asked what a friend is, and his answer was, "One soul abiding in two bodies."

It was a saying of his that education was an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any letter; but others say that it was Diogenes who gave this description of it, while Aristotle called beauty "the gift of God"; that Socrates called it "a short-lived tyranny"; Theophrastus, "a silent deceit"; Theocritus, "an ivory mischief"; Carneades, "a sovereignty which stood in need of no guards".

The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."

Very late in life, when he was studying geometry, some one said to Lacydes, "Is it then a time for you to be learning now?" "If it is not," he replied, "when will it be?"

He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.

The road to Hades is the easiest to travel.

Wealth is the sinews of affairs.

Old age is the harbor of all ills.

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