—  Socrates, 469-399 BC, Ancient Geek Philosopher

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

—  Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

—  Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

—  Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer

—  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1886-1969, German-American architect

     (First appeared in a Robert Browning poem, but Van der Rohe popularized it)

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

—  Molière, 1622-1673, French playwright

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

—  Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist

—  François Rabelais, 1484-1553, French writer

—  Omar Khayyam, 1048-1131, Persia poet & polymath

Εν ολιγίστοις κείται το ευδαιμόνως βιώσαι.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VII, 67

Ευγνώμων ο μη λυπεόμενος εφ’ οίσιν ουκ έχει, αλλά χαίρων εφ’ οίσιν έχει.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Ην μη πολλών επιθυμέης τα ολίγα τοι πολλά δόξει.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Έλπιζε ως θνητός, φείδου ως αθάνατος.

—  Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth