You're going to women? Don't forget your whip!

The wheel and the brake have different duties, but also one in common: to hurt one another.

This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production of the philosopher, of the artist, and of the saint within us and outside us, and thereby to work at the consummation of nature.

Life is fountain of joy; but where the rabble also gather to drink, all wells are poisoned.

The strong individual loves the earth so much he lusts for recurrence. He can smile in the face of the most terrible thought: meaningless, aimless existence recurring eternally. The second characteristic of such a man is that he has the strength to recognize - and to live with the recognition - that the world is valueless in itself and that all values are human ones. He creates himself by fashioning his own values; he has the pride to live by the values he wills.

A philosophical mythology lies concealed in language, which breaks out again at every moment, no matter how cautious we may be.

Epicurus had rage and envy of Plato's superior style.