The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but, rather, the pleasantest food, so he prefers not the longest time, but the most pleasant.

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

The term "incorporeal" is properly applied only to the void, which cannot act or be acted on. Since the soul can act and be acted upon, it is corporeal.