All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.

Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.

Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them appears difficult or likely to cause injury.

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)

The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.