My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by proffering its natural remedy. Amid such pleasures as these have I grown old.

Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by proffering its natural remedy. Amid such pleasures as these have I grown old.

Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good

The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but, rather, the pleasantest food, so he prefers not the longest time, but the most pleasant.