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

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.

Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so.

Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.

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

To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.