By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention color is color. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order. In truth, there are atoms and a void.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.