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

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with each other, in whatever circumstances they may be, that they will neither injure nor be injured.

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Any device whatever by which one frees himself from the fear of others is a natural good.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.