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.

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

He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with each other, in whatever circumstances they may be, that they will neither injure nor be injured.

The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.