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.

The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

When we say that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on physical enjoyment--as some think who do not understand our teachings, disagree with them, or give them an evil interpretation--but by pleasure we mean the state wherein the body is free from pain and the mind from anxiety.

Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)