It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
When...we, as individuals, obey laws that direct us to behave for the welfare of the community as a whole, we are indirectly helping to promote the pursuit of happiness by our fellow human beings.