Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good

Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them appears difficult or likely to cause injury.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.

If the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor willing, they are neither all-powerful or benevolent. If they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist?

Do everything like someone is gazing at you.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.