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.

All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

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

The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.