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.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

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

The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.

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.

Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.

If death causes you no pain when you're dead, it is foolish to allow the fear of it to cause you pain now.