Thanks be to blessed Nature that she has made what is necessary easy to obtain, and what is not easy unnecessary.

There is no such thing as justice or injustice among those beasts that cannot make agreements not to injure or be injured. This is also true of those tribes that are unable or unwilling to make agreements not to injure or be injured.

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.

We begin every act of choice and avoidance from pleasure, and it is to pleasure that we return using our experience of pleasure as the criterion of every good thing.

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

The words of that philosopher who offers no therapy for human suffering are empty and vain.

It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.