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.

Many friends are the key to happiness

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.

Some men spend their whole life furnishing for themselves the things proper to life without realizing that at our birth each of us was poured a mortal brew to drink.

Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.