The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.

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

Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.

Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.

We must consider both the ultimate end and all clear sensory evidence, to which we refer our opinions; for otherwise everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.

Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.