Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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.

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

Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.

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

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

Let nothing be done in your life, which will cause you fear if it becomes known to your neighbor.