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.

Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.

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.

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.

It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.