Some exceedingly happy sayings are attributed to him, which I proceed to quote. To the question, ‘‘ What do people gain by telling lies ?” his answer was, “ Just this, that when they speak the truth they are not believed.” Being once reproached for giving alms to a bad man, he rejoined, “‘ It was the man and not his character that I pitied.””"* He used constantly to say to his friends and pupils, whenever or wherever he happened to be lecturing, ‘“‘ As sight takes in light from the surrounding air, so does the soul from mathematics.” Frequently and at some length he would say that the Athenians were the discoverers of wheat and of laws; but, though they used wheat, they had no use for laws. “ The roots of education,” he said, “‘ are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.’’ Being asked, ‘‘ What is it that soon grows old?”’ he answered, “‘ Gratitude.” He was asked to define hope, and he replied, “ It is a waking dream.”’ When Diogenes offered him dried figs, he saw that he had prepared something caustic to say if he did not take them; so he took them and said Diogenes had lost his figs and his jest into the bargain. And on another occasion he took them when they were offered, lifted them up aloft, as you do babies, and returned them with the exclamation, ‘ Great is Diogenes.’’ Three things he declared to be indispensable for education: natural endowment, study, and constant practice. On hearing that some one abused him, he rejoined, ““ He may even scourge me so it be in my absence.’ Beauty he declared to be a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction. Others attribute this definition to Diogenes ; Aristotle, they say, defined good looks as the gift of god, Socrates as a short-lived reign,