It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly. Whenever any one of these is lacking, when, for instance, the man is not able to live wisely, though he lives honorably and justly, it is impossible for him to live a pleasant life.

To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Pleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and of every aversion, and to it we always come back, inasmuch as we make feeling the rule by which to judge of every good thing.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.

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

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.