“Make yourself known as a philosopher, that is a free man.”Apollonius of Tyana Epp. Apoll. 28 Letters
“Greet your son Aristocleides from me. I pray he may not turn out like you, since you, too, were once an irreproachable young man.”Apollonius of Tyana to Gordias, Epp. Apoll. 46 Letters
“The natural philosopher Heraclitus said that man is naturally irrational. If this is true, as it is true, then everyone who enjoys futile glory should hide his face.”Apollonius of Tyana to Euphrates, Epp. Apoll. 18 Letters