Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.

If death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.

Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.

Many friends are the key to happiness

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

When we say that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on physical enjoyment--as some think who do not understand our teachings, disagree with them, or give them an evil interpretation--but by pleasure we mean the state wherein the body is free from pain and the mind from anxiety.