Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.
If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.
I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.