Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Natural justice is a compact resulting from expediency by which men seek to prevent one man from injuring others and to protect him from being injured by them.

He who understands the limits of life knows that it is easy to obtain that which removes the pain of want and makes the whole of life complete and perfect. Thus he has no longer any need of things which involve struggle.

Pleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and of every aversion, and to it we always come back, inasmuch as we make feeling the rule by which to judge of every good thing.

Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity.

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