It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
EpicurusWe should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.
EpicurusIf death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.
EpicurusIt 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.
Epicurus