I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.
The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.
To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.