Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.

Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

An irreligious man is not one who denies the gods of the majority, but one who applies to the gods the opinions of the majority. For what most men say about the gods are not ideas derived from sensation, but false opinions, according to which the greatest evils come to the wicked, and the greatest blessings come to the good from the gods.

If the gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither able nor willing, they are neither all-powerful or benevolent. If they are both able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist?

Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good

Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.