Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.

Moreover, the universe as a whole is infinite, for whatever is limited has an outermost edge to limit it, and such an edge is defined by something beyond. Since the universe has no edge, it has no limit; and since it lacks a limit, it is infinite and unbounded. Moreover, the universe is infinite both in the number of its atoms and in the extent of its void.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.