Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any time. It is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

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

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth.