Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.

Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again --

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation.

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.