Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.

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.