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.

The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.

Moreover, the universe as a whole is infinite, for whatever is limited has an outermost edge to limit it, and such an edge is defined by something beyond. Since the universe has no edge, it has no limit; and since it lacks a limit, it is infinite and unbounded. Moreover, the universe is infinite both in the number of its atoms and in the extent of its void.

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

The wise man thinks of fame just enough to avoid being despised.

A world is a circumscribed portion of sky... it is a piece cut off from the infinite.

Do everything like someone is gazing at you.