We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously.

An irreligious man is not one who denies the gods of the majority, but one who applies to the gods the opinions of the majority. For what most men say about the gods are not ideas derived from sensation, but false opinions, according to which the greatest evils come to the wicked, and the greatest blessings come to the good from the gods.

My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by proffering its natural remedy. Amid such pleasures as these have I grown old.

Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.