The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.

It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.

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.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.