of virtue." One day after listening to a couple of lawyers disputing, he condemned them both, saying that the one had no doubt stolen, but the other had not lost anything. To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, " That for which other people pay." When he was told that many people laughed at him, he made answer, " But I am not laughed down." When some one declared that life is an evil, he corrected him : " Not life itself, but living ill." When he was advised to go in pursuit of his runaway slave, he replied, " It would be absurd, if Manes can live without Diogenes, but Diogenes cannot get on without Manes." When breakfasting on olives amongst which a cake had been inserted, he flung it away and addressed it thus : Stranger, betake thee from the princes' path. a And on another occasion thus : He lashed an olive. 6 Being asked what kind of hound he was, he replied, " When hungry, a Maltese ; when full, a Molossian — two breeds which most people praise, though for fear of fatigue they do not venture out hunting with them. So neither can you live with me, because you are afraid of the discomforts." Being asked if the wise eat cakes, " Yes," he said, " cakes of all kinds, just like other men." Being asked why people give to beggars but hot to philosophers, he said, " Because they think they may one day be lame or blind, but never expect that they will turn to philosophy." He was begging of a miserly man who was slow to respond ; so he