The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
EpicurusI never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
EpicurusFortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them.
Epicurus