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

All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.

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

I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act.