Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up to punish the offense.

Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them.

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

The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

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.

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.