If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

He who understands the limits of life knows that it is easy to obtain that which removes the pain of want and makes the whole of life complete and perfect. Thus he has no longer any need of things which involve struggle.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.

Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

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?

Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.