I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

He who doesn't find a little enough will find nothing enough.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.

What men fear is not that death is annihilation but that it is not.

There are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours. For the atoms being infinite in number... are borne on far out into space.

A blessed and indestructible being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; so he is free from anger and partiality, for all such things imply weakness.