He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

But the universe is infinite.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

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.

Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.